The Giant Panda

The Giant Panda

This peaceful creature with a distinctive black and white coat is adored by the world and considered a national treasure in China. The panda also has a special significance for WWF because it has been WWF's logo since our founding in 1961.

Pandas live mainly in bamboo forests high in the mountains of western China, where they subsist almost entirely on bamboo. They must eat from 26 to 84 pounds of it every day, a formidable task for which they use their enlarged wrist bones that function as opposable thumbs.

Pandas habbitats is live in bamboo forests at an altitude of about 3,600 to 10,500 feet, which they once inhabited in lower areas. But the forest for farming. Or for something else. It has to change habitat. We found the panda living in the middle of the mountain. And west of China.

Enemy

Its panda is a snow leopard who lives in the mountains. The panda bear was cut from his mother to eat. Or maybe a pack of wolves to catch the bear as well. But the most important enemy is Panda hunters to bring the movie to sell in the black market.

Panda usually eat about 40 pounds a day. The main food of the panda in the wild is the bamboo. Sometimes in times of lack of food. Panda feeds on the head of the plant species we use for food (such as carrots, potatoes), grasses and small animals. Pandas in the zoo (foreign). In addition to the bamboo is the main food, then other foods include carrots, apples, potatoes.

reproduction

Mating period is in the spring. In that time. What makes males and females come together is the vocal or the excitement from the male or female at various points. To attract the opposite sex. Females use a gestation period of 95 to 160 days, and although female pandas can produce twins. But most have only one panda survive. Due to limited food.If the kangaroos are excluded. We treat the baby panda as the smallest mammal. The newly born panda weighs only 4 to 6 ounces only (110 to 170 g) and still not visible. Panda is growing slowly. At about 2 to 4 years old, the panda will stay with her until she is about 2 years old, so she goes out to face herself because of the reproductive age of the female panda. In the range of about 6 to 20 years and females will give birth to a baby very much 2 years per panda, so the female panda can give birth to about 7 panda baby during its life span. This is a very low birth rate. This is why the number of newly born pandas can not replace the dead pandas. Significantly reduced the number of pandas in the past. Panda conservation organization is set up.

lifespan

Scientists also find out the exact conclusion is not how long the panda is longevity. There are statistics recorded by Chinese scientists that. Panda at the zoo is 35 years old.

behavior

Panda often sit in the sitting position to eat food. Which is similar to the seat It uses its paw to help catch bamboo while eating. Most of the time, it is used to relax, eat and find food. First Research The scientists think. Panda is an animal that likes to live alone. It is only during mating season. But from the research later. The panda is a small group. Each group has a shared habitat. And sometimes, a member of the group comes out to meet other members during the mating season. However, research is still required.

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