1. Scientific name for a panda is Ailuropoda Melanoleuca.
2. Pandas are mammals.
3. Pandas are in the bear family.
4. Unlike other bears pandas do not hibernate.
5. Pandas are often referred to a Giant panda.
6. The Chinese word for panda is DA Xiong Mao meaning bear cat.
7. Panda are black & white with black circles around their eyes.
8. A pandas skin is two different colors, they skin under is black fur is dark. While the skin under the white fur is pink.
9. Pandas are shy & often keep themselves. They stay away from people.
10. Pandas have great eyes sight.
11.Pandas like to climb trees.
12. Pandas live in the bamboo. They will sometimes eat shoots, leaves, stalks & berries.
13. pandas spend around 12 hours a day eating bamboo.
14. Pandas main food source is bamboo.
15. They have a strong jaw bone & teeth to help them crunch the bamboo.
16. Pandas live in the bamboo forests of western china.
17. Pandas have five fingers on each hand and a wrist bone that acts like a thumb to help them hold & eat the bamboo.
18. A male Panda is called a boar & can weigh 175-250 pounds.
19. A female pandas are called sows & can weigh 150-230 pound.
20. Pandas are 2-3 feet & 6-5 feet long
21. A baby panda is called a cub & are 3-4 ounces when born.
22. Mom pandas often hold the cubs a cradling them in their arms like human moms would do with their baby.
23. Babies are born hairless their hair fully grows in when they are around 3 months old.
24. Babies are born with their eyes closed. The open in 6-8 weeks.
25. When babies are 7 months old they can climb trees.
26. Baby pandas are clumsy! They often trip, fall , roll over while exploring their surroundings.
27. Pandas live between 15 -20 years in the wild & over 30 in captivity.
28. Pandas are endangered species.
29. The main threat to pandas as is loss of habitat. Many Bamboo forests are cut down to make room for farming.
30. Scientists in china are working on conservation measures to save the pandas.
31. Panda is the symbol of peace in china.
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