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Giant Panda fact-file:
Description: Instantly recognisable with their thick woolly white fur with black patches around their eyes.
Location: 6 small areas in Southwest China.
Habitat: Dense Bamboo Forest.
Body Length: 120cm – 150cm (4-5 ft
Weight: 75-160kg (165 -353 lbs)
Lifespan: Giant Pandas are estimated to live around 20 years in the wild, while in captivity they can live as long as 30 years.
Diet: 99% of a Panda’s diet consists of Bamboo but they have been known to consume fish, rodents and also rice grass. They eat around 12-15kg per day of bamboo roots, shoots and leaves.
They usually drink at least once per day but throughout the year have a water imbalance because they pass more water in faeces then their food can give them.
Behaviour and social habits: Giant pandas are generally solitary animals, only spending time with others during the breeding season. Breeding interactions last for a short period and do not occur frequently.
Pregnancy and cubs: Both males and females reach maturity around 4.5 – 6.5 years and competition for females often ensues between males. The gestation period lasts between 97-163 days and results in 1 or 2 cubs but usually the mother will raise just one of them. A giant panda cub will leave its mother at around 18 months old.
