You may or may not like black and white TV or black and white photos, but you will love the charming and beautiful look of the Giant Panda.
Who are giant pandas?
Giant pandas are black and white Chinese bears.
Female pandas are known as sows, males are known as boars, and baby pandas are known as cubs.
The Panda is considered a symbol of peace in China.
And this isn't the only fact you will love about it, but the Panda is also used as a symbol of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), which saves endangered species and animals.
Fun fact:- There are eight different types of bears on our beautiful Earth but from them, Giant Panda is the only one to be herbivores despite having a digestive system of carnivores.
Population
Only 1,864 pandas remain in the wild.
At the beginning of this article, why did I say that Chinese bears?
Well! All pandas legally and officially belong to China and also are native to China.
If some zoo from anywhere in the world has pandas there, it means they have taken Panda as a loan from China at a high price.
(almost one million USD / year).
The maximum time you can take Panda as a loan is ten years.
Even if a panda is born on the soil of Africa, Australia and other countries; then also they belong to China.
But as if we know, there are always exceptions to anything that breaks the rules.
Xin Xin and Shuan Shuan are the only giant pandas globally that do not belong to China.
A new question will arrive in your mind: Why do all pandas belong to China suitable?
Well, here is the answer to your question!
China is said to be lending pandas to countries with which it wants to develop good relations.
And also there is one of the reasons why China considers pandas a national treasure is that they are a Chinese specialty.
The preserved giant Panda represents the ancient animal remains known as the "living fossil".
Today, the status of giant pandas has become politicized.
What do pandas look like?
Pandas are giant and have big heads and heavy bodies.
Their tails are short, and their ears are round. The Chinese people call the Panda the 'giant cat bear' because they have cat-like eyes.
Pandas have sharp eyes and can see well.
Giant pandas are mainly white. They've black patches around the eyes, ears, shoulders, chest, legs, and feet.
So what do you think pandas are always black and white, or not?
Surprisingly no, because there is a brown panda named Qizai.
There are enough cute pandas but Qizai is unique one, from them now. Abandoned by his mother at the age of two months and faced with intimidation from other pandas, he is now thriving as the only brown panda specimen in the world.
Giant panda habitat
Pandas are generally found in southwest China where they feed enough bamboo for their survival.
They live in snowy and rocky places.
Their black and white coloring helps them to hide from their foes.
What type of skin do they have?
Pandas have very thick, greasy, and woolly fur that keeps them warm in cold, humid mountains.
How big are Giant Pandas?
A full-grown male panda can be about 6 feet tall and weigh up to 115 kilograms.
Females are much smaller than male pandas, and they can weigh up to 80 - 90 kilograms.
While many people think pandas are cuddly and sweet, but sometimes they can be as dangerous as any other bear.
I am saying this because the Panda is a bear and they are designed to be aggressive.
How do pandas move?
They are considered to be good climbers and swimmers.
Sometimes they take an afternoon nap high up in the braid. They cling to the bark of trees with their short claws.
Fun fact:- Pandas cannot run fast.
And they have an average speed of 15.5 meters an hour.
Seriously so much slow!
What do pandas eat?
In simple words, Panda always eats, eats, and eats...
In the wild, pandas eat only bamboo. They have to eat a lot of food to stay healthy.
They eat 10-20 kilograms of bamboo every day!
There are very few bamboo forests left today, so many wild pandas are short of food.
Soon we will be able to find that there are no more pandas in the world.
In zoos and other centers where they are taken care of, pandas eat bamboo, rice cereal, carrots, apples, and sweet potatoes.
The pandas' frontal paws are not like the paws of other animals.
They have a 'thumb.' They also use their claws to hold their food (bamboo shoots and leaves).
Fun Fact : Pandas have a bite force of 2603.47 newtons which is capable of causing severe harm to other animals
or humans if necessary.
How long do pandas live?
Giant pandas live about 20 ages (In the wild).
Sometimes they live longer in captivity than in the wild.
What sounds do pandas make?
Pandas generally keep silent. They bleat when they communicate in a friendly way—Pandas bark to scare away the enemy.
When they are in pain, they squeal, which means making a long high pitched sound.
Who are the Panda's enemies?
A giant panda has very few natural enemies.
One of them is a snow leopard. It can catch baby pandas that have moved away from their mother.
Sometimes hungry eagles can even kidnap panda cubs left in the trees.
Why are giant pandas endangered?
People hunt pandas for their fur and also cut down the bamboo forests they live in.
So pandas have no place to live and therefore they wander into nearby villages in search of food.
From which family do they belong?
They belong to the family of bears but unlike them they are herbivores.
Are panda babies blind?
Yes! Baby pandas are born blind and pink.
I hope you all guys have read it thoroughly and enjoyed it.
If yes then plz share this article to everyone to understand the importance of nature.
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