Giant Pandas

Giant Pandas

Have you ever wondered where giant pandas live, what they eat, and their life expectancy? Great, because we are here to tell you that today!

Habitat/Where they live

Giant pandas live in the remote, mountainous regions of China. There are also cool, wet bamboo forests. Giant pandas live near the Sichuan, Gansu, and Shaaxi regions of China. A giant panda habitat has to have a lot of bamboo for eating, thick bushes for shelter, and large hollow fir trees for building dens.

What they eat/How much

Giant pandas eat bamboo plants. They eat the woody, tough stems, and roots. Their favorite part to eat are the green leaves. Bamboo is not nutritious, so pandas have to eat ten to sixteen hours a day to stay healthy. Giant pandas also eat other things, like other plants and even some meat, but their diet consists almost completely of leaves, stems, and shoots of various bamboo types.

Life Expectancy

Giant pandas live an average of fourteen to twenty years in the wild. They are peaceful, solitary, and they prefer to live alone. They also avoid fights, unless they are being threatened. They can also live up to thirty-five years in captivity.The oldest panda in the world living in captivity, (imprisoned), was named Jia Jia, (pronounced Jaja). She was euthanized, (meaning put to sleep), at Ocean Park, an animal theme and amusement park in Hong Kong, China. She reached an estimated age of 38, equivalent to 114 human years old.

Fun facts

Too bad we are not related!

I know! But that does not mean that we can't be friends!

*Pandas do not have pouches/they are not marsupials
*Giant pandas are considered placental mammals
*Giant pandas are NOT related to koalas, as koalas are technically not bears
*A newborn panda has an average weight of 100 grams, (0.2 pounds!)
*Giant pandas were first discovered on March eleventh, 1869 by a French missionary

So, now we know where pandas live/what their habitat is like, what they eat/how much, their life expectancy, and some facts we can't even describe! Now you can say you are a giant panda expert!