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по JOHANNA MORALES 9 лет назад

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Panda

Giant pandas, recognizable by their distinctive black and white fur, have unique characteristics compared to other bear species. Unlike their temperate climate relatives, they do not hibernate.

Panda

Panda

other fun facts

The giant panda, a black-and-white bear, has a body typical of bears. It has black fur on ears, eye patches, muzzle, legs, and shoulders.
The rest of the animal's coat is white.
Unlike other bears from temperate climates, giant pandas do not hibernate.
Giant Bear Cat, Bamboo Bear

family

The rate of reproduction is about one cub every two years.
The mother cradles her tiny cub in a paw and doesn’t leave the den for several days after giving birth, even to drink.
The newborn cub is blind, hairless, and tiny, weighing only 85-140 g (3-5 oz.).
1 or 2
one is likely to survive when they have 2

when i mom has twins one of the babies get to share time with there mom while one is with the other one goes with humans and there they feed them

A baby Giant Panda only weighs approximately 1/900th of the weight of an adult.

Normally giant pandas give birth to a single cub (they're monotocous). Even if a female has two cubs, she would normally choose to take care of one and abandon the other.

How long it lives

Chinese scientists have reported zoo pandas as old as 35.
The National Zoo's Hsing-Hsing died at age 28 in 1999.

What they eat

omnivore
(New bamboo shoots are about 90 percent water.)
Pandas spend about 12 hours a day eating!
Did you know that pandas need to eat up to 40lb (18kg) of food a day to get enough nourishment? (Just lift a packet of sugar or something of similar weight to get an idea of how much bamboo this is!)
bamboo
rodents

fruits

roots
grasses
Cubs rely on mother’s milk for the first year, but start to eat bamboo after six months.

Where they live

High-altitude, moist bamboo forest
up in the trees
in zoo
China