Animal Kingdom - Panda

 

Interesting Fun Facts about Panda –you never 

heard before

Panda is one of the beloved cute mammals in the world, first discovered in 1869.

The cutest Panda Bloodline belongs to bear family, and their habitat is in western China.

The cutest cuddly mammal Panda specie was first declared to be endangered in 1990 mainly because of excessive deforestation and farmland extension, which lead to depletion of their primary food source – Bamboos.  

Now more than 67 Panda reserves are working across the country and working to preserve and protect the Pandas. Thanks to the prompt conservation efforts by Chinese, the Panda population has increased to 17% from 2003 till 2014, and the total number of Panda’s living in the wild has reached to 1,864 individuals.

Want to learn more about Panda? Just keep on reading!

Fun Facts about Panda

1.   The newborn panda babies are pink in color and furless. The iconic black and white patches start appearing after three weeks.

2.   If Mother Panda gave birth to twin pandas, it will abandon one cub and usually raise the strong one because the milk is not sufficient for two cubs.

3.   The baby panda is dependent on the mother for almost two months after birth.

4.   Pandas are carnivores and have sharp theeth. However, they are vegetarian by habitat, their food comprises 99% Bamboos, and the other 1% may include fruits like apple, eggs, some well-selected feed made from corn, soya bean, or wheat.

5.   Young Pandas are excellent swimmers, and they can climb trees from seven month age.

Most of the time, Pandas spend on eating or sleeping, and an adult panda can eat up to 12 to 38kgs (or 26.45 lb to 83.78 lb) of Bamboos per day.  

6.   The current 25% population of pandas belongs to a male panda ‘Pan Pan’ who died at the age of 31 out of cancer, but before dying, he fathered 130 Pandas.

7.   The estimated lifespan of an adult panda in the wild is around 20 years.

8.   Most of the newborn baby pandas die by accidently crushed by their mother pandas

9.   Baby Pandas stay with their mother for as long as three years, and therefore, the mother panda can take care of two or three cubs in her total lifespan.