The giant panda is currently on the endangered species list of the World Conservation Union. Because they have such lean diets, they do not gain the added fat that is needed in order to hibernate.ġ4. Giant Pandas do not hibernate during the winter months. The pandas that live in the zoos are generally fed a diet of bamboo, carrots, apples, sugar cane, high fiber biscuits and sweet potatoes.ġ3. They also tend to eat other grasses as well as small rodents. In fact, that’s about 99% of what they eat. A panda’s diet consists mostly of bamboo shoots. They can also bite through bamboo stalks that are so thick that humans have a hard time cutting them with an axe.ġ2. The jaw and cheek muscles on a giant panda are so powerful that they can chew up an aluminum can into small pieces. A normal adult giant panda can produce more than 60 pounds of droppings in a 24-hour period.ġ1. In the wild, they typically live about 20 years.ġ0. Pandas have been known to live as long as 35 years when living in captivity at a zoo.
They can also consume 45 pounds of bamboo shoots in one day.ĩ. An adult Giant Panda can grow as tall as five feet and they can weigh as much as 350 pounds. Female pandas are not considered to be adults until they are at least five years old. Most newborn pandas die from diseases or because the mother panda accidentally crushes them.ħ. They are mostly found in China, Burma, and India.Ħ. They are typically reddish-brown in color and they grow to about two feet and only weigh up to 12 pounds. Some even believe that pandas might be their very own species.ĥ. They share some of the characteristics of bears, but they also have some raccoon traits. Zoologists debate about whether pandas are bears or raccoons.
That is one of the reasons why the population has dwindled.Ĥ. During that ovulation period, they are only fertile for two or three days. Female pandas only ovulate once each year. There are two main types of pandas – the giant black-and-white panda and the Red Panda.ģ.
It is believed that pandas roamed the earth as early as three million years ago.Ģ.
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