HOW MANY PANDAS !!!
The best estimate is that there are approximately 1600 pandas in the wild and 200 pandas in captivity
first steps
Baby pandas are amazingly small. Each cub weighs only about 3 ½ ounces (100 grams) at birth
Adult pandas measure around 1.5 meters (4.9 ft.) long and around 75 centimeters (2.46 ft.) tall at the shoulder. Males are 10-20% larger than females. Males can weigh up to 150 kilograms (330 lb.) Females are generally smaller than males, and can occasionally weigh up to 125 kg (275 pounds
- The giant panda diverged from the rest of the bear lineage some 20 million years ago
- they have developed some really unique traits not shared by other bears as a result. Dependence on bamboo for sustenance
GIANT PANDAS
PREGNANT PANDAS !!!
Pere David in 1868, French missionary Armand Pere David obtained a specimen of GIANT panda from Sichuan. Considering that pandas look like bears
- pandas do not experience the hibernation-like state of cold-weather bears most of the time, the females still couple hibernation-like behaviors with the changes in their pregnancy-related hormones.
DID YOU NO THAT PREGNANT PANDAS BITE THERE NAILS !