10 Silly, but True Panda Facts
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Here are some fun, interesting panda facts!
1. The panda’s diet is 99% Bamboo - It seems that the panda really knows what it likes. Bamboo has a very low nutrient content, so pandas must eat up to 84 pounds of bamboo per day. Occasionally, the panda will stray from its much loved diet of bamboo to eat grass or even small rodents.
2.. The panda has strange skin coloring – Underneath that fuzzy coating of black and white fur, the panda has some pretty strange skin coloring. Beneath the white fur, the skin is black and beneath the black fur, the skin is pink!
3. The panda cub can’t open its eyes after birth – It takes approximately 50 to 60 days for the panda cub to open its eyes. Therefore, the mother must stay with the panda at all times, rarely leaving the den.
4. The panda has huge teeth – Even though the panda looks like an overgrown teddy bear, it can actually be quite dangerous. One panda tooth is on average seven times bigger than a human tooth.
Cute Panda Bear
5. The panda loves to eat – The panda’s diet may consist only of bamboo, but pandas sure spend a lot of time eating it. The panda spends between 12 to16 hours of the day eating!
6. The mother panda is 900 times bigger than the cub at birth – When born, the panda cub is about the size of a croissant. The mother will hold the tiny panda cub (she usually only has one per birth) in her paw, pressing it against her chest to keep it warm and safe.
7. Pandas bleat like goats – Pandas don’t make a scary roaring sound like most bears. Instead they make friendly bleating and honking noises to communicate with other pandas. Or they sneeze in a hilarious fashion as seen in the famous Sneezing Panda video:
8. Pandas are solitary animals – Pandas enjoy their own company. They are usually alone and only socialize with other pandas when they want to mate.
9. Pandas don’t hibernate – Unlike most other bears that live in moderate climates, the panda’s food source, bamboo, is available year-round. Additionally, because bamboo has a low nutrient content, pandas are unable to pack on enough pounds to hibernate.
10. The Panda sits while eating – The panda has good manners. Instead of standing while eating food, the panda will sit in order to use its front paws to hold the bamboo shoots.
Help save the Panda
Although pandas have been on the earth for almost 3 million years, they are now facing extinction. There are only about 1600 pandas that survive in the wild today and live in the mountain ranges of central Chinese provinces. The panda’s greatest enemy is man who, through poaching and environmental degradation, has left the panda without a safe habitat to thrive as a species. However, efforts to increase the panda species are being met with success and the panda population is starting to be revitalized. The China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, along with other research centers, are working along with generous donors to help save the panda. You can help too:
To save the panda visit this site!
- WWF - Give a Panda Room to Grow
Your friend or loved one will be thrilled that their gift ensures pandas have a place to live in the wild in China.
Cute Panda Videos!
- More cute animal videos!
If you love watching cute animal videos on the web, click here! There is a great video on honey bees. - Pandas sleeping and climbing trees!
Watch pandas at the China Conservation and Research center for the giant panda. - Red Panda's French Kissing
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me too... *sigh*
So sad. They should grow more bamboo forests to save those playful pandas.
Nice hub, I enjoyed it a lot.
Waiting for more.
Thank you! The conservations are working, so hopefully there will be more pandas soon!
Great Hub. I love pandas, and I enjoyed finding out more about them. Thanks for taking the time to share this info!
that picture of pandas sleeping cute
They are so amazing. I remember a television show I saw of a mother giving birth to a cub and how the mother held the cub so gently was so touching. The babies, like you said, are sooo tiny. It's almost unbelievable that such a large creature has such a small "child".
Good piece.
A great hub, thanx, I've always been fond of Pandas
Yes, Pandas are quite cute!
This is brilliant!
Thanks for the great info. I've always been fascinated by pandas.
Pandas, ARe just amazinng:)
I LOVE pandas so much. They are the cutest animals EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! but the sad thing is that they are really endangered. GO PANDAS!!!!!!!!!!!!
I just love the pandas! I want to be one when i grow up! Ha ha ha! God bless
Thank you for these fun facts!
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it's sad how the panda are being TURN INTO RUGS THAT'S REALLY,REALLY,REALLY,AND REALLY SAD : ( AND MEAN SELFISH People
Pandas are so cute! I wish people (hunters) wouldn't kill them.... D;
Go pandas!(:
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I LOVE PANDAS THE MOST!!!!!!!
I HAVE 4 MASSIVE PANDA TEDDIES AND LOADS OF PANDA THINGS! I LOVE THEM MORE THAN U!
I LOVE PANDA'S CAN I JUST LIVE WITH THHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEMMMMMM??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
Pandas are my first favorite animal. In forthh grade, i made a presentation to my class about the cute panda, they liked the panda, then i told them about their danger. WWF!
Pandas are the best animals ever and it's horrible how people are killing pandas. They should be ashamed. Great job btw!!!!
SAVE THE PANDAS
I love pandas there amazing people need to figure out a way to get them to mate faster and or put it in like they do with cows and then hire a sniper to take out all the people who hurting pandas :D {GO PANDAS}
i lova zebras n pandas
and it is because of chinas population...
pandas are like sooooooooooooooooo cute.
THEY ARE SOOOOOO FLUFFY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i love pandas sooooooooooooo much i have like 5 at home(not real) they are so amazing i realy want one. People should stop killing them they are the best animal on this plant!!!! peace to the pandas!!!!!!!! :)
hey grace girl do you like pandas because i do we can have a commet club
smartin55 2 years ago
I love the pandas.