Giant Panda Facts: What Makes Pandas The Cutest?

Find out more about these Giant Panda Facts in our article:

Giant Pandas are one of the cutest and fluffiest animals on earth. Their thick, black and white fur certainly makes them look very cuddly.

Beyond their appearance, however, people know very little about giant pandas. Giant pandas, or simply “pandas”, are not only one of the rarest animals in the world, but they’re also one of the most interesting. Keep on watching for 30 Giant Panda Facts!

0:41 Pandas are native to south-central China.
0:59 In Ancient China, they believed pandas possessed magical powers.
1:18 During the Tang Dynasty, China started giving away pandas as gifts.
1:50 China would also loan pandas to other countries.
2:22 Any newborn pandas that were born during the loan are still China’s property.
2:40 Aside from the Chinese dragon, the giant panda is also China’s national symbol.
3:09 In the Bears VS Raccoons debate, scientists have concluded that pandas are, in fact, bears.
3:43 There are two subspecies of giant pandas.
4:21 A newly born panda is about as big as a stick of butter.
4:55 Baby pandas are born pink.
5:18 An adult Qinling panda is light brown and white.
5:40 Scientists are uncertain why giant pandas have black and white fur.
5:59 Aside from having fluffy fur, pandas also have thick skin.
6:22 Pandas have a digestive system similar to carnivores.
6:55 Pandas have favorite types of bamboo.
7:12 In captivity, pandas develop an omnivorous diet.
7:30 The Beijing Zoo currently houses giant pandas.
7:56 In the wild, most pandas only live for up to 20 years.
8:15 Female pandas only have 24 to 72 hours to mate.
8:35 Female pandas can mate with several partners.
8:56 Despite popular belief, pandas are actually strong climbers and swimmers.
9:18 Aside from being excellent climbers and swimmers, pandas are also fast runners.
9:37 Unlike most bears, pandas do not hibernate.
9:54 Pandas are solitary creatures.
10:15 A baby panda will usually leave its mother after it grows older.
10:32 Only a few predators hunt pandas.
10:51 Pandas leave behind scents to signal other pandas.
11:07 Unlike other bears, pandas have thumbs.
11:23 The biggest threats to pandas are commercial farming and deforestation.
11:47 Thanks to stricter laws and greater awareness, the population of pandas is slowly recovering.

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[lan]

Pandas are one of the cutest animal in this world!!!

[garymoh]

Firstly, Qinling Pandas are also mainly black & white but it has a of bit brown furs on their chest & torso areas, unlike the Sichuan Pandas which are mainly black & white furs in those areas.

Sometime Qinling Pandas reproduce brown & white cubs, so far only ten brown & white Qinling pandas have been discovered since 1985. Here the list:

1. In 26 Mar 1985, a local found a injured Brown Panda in 佛坪县/Foping County and was rescued. It was named 丹丹/Dan Dan and she even gave birth to a male cub 秦秦/Qin Qin which was black & white.

2. On 22 Jun 1991, a black & white mother Panda with a about one year old brown Panda cub were found in the wild in Foping.

3. On 29 Mar 1992, an injured female brown Panda was found in Zai Yang. She was rescued and treated and later released back to the wild.

4. In Apr 1993 in Qinling mountain, scientists found 3 male Pandas fighting for the rights to mate, one was a brown Panda.

5. In Apr 2000, a Brown Panda was found having a drink by the river in Foping.

6. In Sep 2005, a Brown Panda was found nursing her cub in a cave in Foping.

7. On 1st Nov 2009, a Brown Panda cub was found abandoned in Foping and was rescued and later named 七仔/Qi Zai.
He mated with 珠珠/Zhu Zhu & she gave birth to a female black & white cub named 梦梦/Meng Meng on 21 Aug 2017.

From 8th to 10th, they are detected through IR wildlife camera:
8. On 22nd Jan 2013, a Brown Panda was captured by IR wildlife camera in Shaanxi.

9. In 11 Mar 2018, a Brown Panda was captured by IR wildlife camera in Shaanxi.

10. On April 16 & 30, 2021, a Brown Panda was captured twice by IR wildlife camera in Xi An, Shaanxi.



China is now in the process of creating a new wild Giant Panda population in a nature reserve in Jiangxi Province, "China Conservation and Research Centre for Giant Panda" has released at least 3 re-wild captive Giant Pandas into that nature reserve in 2019 and probably more Giant Panda releases every year since then, so to create a new genetically diverse & sustainable wild Giant Panda population there.

If this re-introduction of Giant Panda is successful which I don't see why it can't be, more such re-introduction of Giant Panda in other nature reserves in other provinces in China could happen in the future as the captive Giant Panda population continue to grow.

[andrew]

And i also found out that giant pandas also have f g cat or snake like eyes⚠️