Giant Panda

The Giant Panda is found in the Regions in China, Burma, Vietnam.It is most probably the most beautiful rare species of animals available in the world.The number remaining is less than 2,000. The main cause of its decline is the loss and fragmentation of its habitat. Research work and effort are showing some results in the chinese region.Captive breeding and species protection are helping the panda species hang on.About the size of an American black bear, giant pandas stand between two and three feet tall at the shoulder (on all four legs), and reach four to six feet long. Males are larger than females, weighing up to 250 pounds in the wild. Females rarely reach 220 pounds

A wild giant panda’s diet is almost exclusively (99%) bamboo. The balance consists of other grasses and occasional small rodents or musk deer fawns. In zoos, giant pandas eat bamboo, sugar cane, rice gruel, a special high-fiber biscuit, carrots, apples, and sweet potatoes.Adult giant pandas are generally solitary, but they do communicate periodically through scent marks, calls, and occasional meetings. Offspring stay with their mothers from one and a half to three years.