Learn to draw a panda
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Interesting facts about pandas
Each animal has its own behavior and lifestyle. In particular, pandas are often known as one of the rare animals famous for their “lazy” habits. However, hidden deep within this animal there are many interesting facts that surprise us.
1. Pandas like solitude
Unlike the myth that pandas like to live in groups, this animal prefers solitude and will almost avoid direct contact with others. Every year, male pandas and female pandas only meet during mating season for about 2 – 3 days in the spring (from March – May every year). After that, the male will say goodbye to the female and return to enjoy a solitary life until the mating season next year.
2. Pandas eat all the time
The main daily food of pandas is only bamboo, sometimes fruits. Because they have such a high-fiber diet, pandas have to eat a lot (more than 12 hours a day) to get enough nutrition to feed their fat bodies. Besides eating time, they will spend the remaining time sleeping to regain strength to eat again.
3. Pandas have “false thumbs”
In fact, the panda’s hand has 5 fingers but does not have a thumb, only an extra finger that functions like a thumb. That “false thumb” is actually a wrist bone that has grown so large that it sticks out on the side of the hand. The muscles that control the panda’s bones have been rearranged to make it easier for the prosthetic finger to move and grasp the bamboo stem.
4. Panda fur provides camouflage
Everyone knows that pandas with their black and white fur are extremely adorable. However, this fur color is not only beautiful but also has extremely useful uses. Pandas’ unique fur pattern allows them to avoid danger while blending in with both light and dark backgrounds, especially in bamboo forests.
5. There are two species of pandas
The panda subspecies is mainly found in the Sichuan region of China. However, there is also another rare panda species that only lives in the Qinling Mountains of China’s Shaanxi region, the red panda.
This red panda is slightly smaller than the common giant panda, and its fur is brown and white, instead of black and white. Just like the common panda, this red bear is also on the brink of extinction and needs urgent protection.
6. Pandas belong to the “carnivorous” order
It may sound unbelievable, but even though 99% of what this animal eats is bamboo, it belongs to the “carnivore” order. On average, an adult panda needs to “consume” at least 18 kg of bamboo leaves every day.
Wild raccoons will sometimes eat grass, wild tubers, bird meat, rodents, even carrion. Pandas kept in cages can also eat honey, eggs, fish, carrots, potatoes, shrub leaves and fruits such as apples, oranges or bananas.
7. Newborn pandas weigh only as much as a pencil
Due to the panda’s extremely short gestation period of only about 135 days, baby pandas are born weighing only 80-120 grams. This is also the mammal with the smallest young. Typically, the size of a newborn panda is only 1/1900th the size of its mother while the proportion of most mammals is closer to 1/26th.
When born, baby pandas cannot open their eyes and need special care from their mother in the first months of life. Although pandas have a short gestation period, they cannot reproduce as quickly as other species, which last every 2 years. This is also the reason why this animal species is increasingly disappearing and facing the risk of extinction.
