About The Giant Pandas
Habitat
Giant Pandas used to range throughout southern and eastern China, Myanmar and north Vietnam.
Giant Pandas used to live throughout southern and eastern China, Myanmar and north Vietnam but as their population has decreased and many areas have been developed they currently live in six major mountain ranges. Food
The diet of the Giant Panda consists largely of bamboo although their bodies are made to eat meat. Because of this they don't digest the energy from bamboo very easily this means they have to eat lots of it, often between 10-13 kilograms a day.
There are over 200 different types of bamboo but Pandas will only eat 20. Reproduction
Pandas become sexually mature at different times depending on whether they are in captivity or not. In the wild a female will mature around the age of 5.5 and 6.5 years and males will mature around the age of 6 and 7. If they are kept in captivity they may mature earlier because of better living conditions and nutrition.
A female only has the chance to become pregnant once a year because they only enter oestrus once a year. After around 5 months of pregnancy the will give birth to one or two cubs, who measure around 15 -17cm long and weigh between 36-296g (about 1/993 of their mother’s weight). A cub will first open their eyes around 40 days after they're born and their coat develops around 20 days later. The male does not play a role in raising the young. |