Giant Pandas by Ly https://padlet.com/kly231002/Pandas en-us 2021-11-11 13:50:36 UTC 2023-03-04 14:08:34 UTC hello@padlet.com Introduction kly231002 https://padlet.com/kly231002/Pandas/wish/1884335067
  • Common name: Giant Panda
  • Habitat: Bambo forests in mountains in cental and western China.
  • Population: Only about 600
  • Type: Mammals
  • Diet: Omnivore
  • Food: Bambo
  • Life span: About 20 to 30 years
  • Height: 1.2 to 1.5 m
  • Weight: 75 to 160 kg

    • The giant panda has an insatiable appetite for bamboo. A typical animal eats half the day—a full 12 out of every 24 hours—and relieves itself dozens of times a day. It takes 28 pounds of bamboo to satisfy a giant panda's daily dietary needs, and it hungrily plucks the stalks with elongated wrist bones that function rather like thumbs. Pandas will sometimes eat birds or rodents as well.


    Source: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/facts/giant-panda




    ]]>     2021-11-11 14:35:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kly231002/Pandas/wish/1884335067     Giant Panda Eat...And Eat...And Eat !!! kly231002 https://padlet.com/kly231002/Pandas/wish/1884406758 Pandas eat almost nothing but bamboo shoots and leaves. Occasionally they eat other vegetation, fish, or small animals, but bamboo accounts for 99 percent of their diets. Pandas eat fast, they eat a lot, and they spend about 12 hours a day doing it. The reason: They digest only about a fifth of what they eat. Overall, bamboo is not very nutritious. To stay healthy, they have to eat a lot-up to 15 percent of their body weight in 12 hours-so they eat fast. 
    Source: https://youtu.be/dqT-UlYlg1s
     https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/facts/giant-panda]]>     2021-11-11 15:00:45 UTC https://padlet.com/kly231002/Pandas/wish/1884406758     Cute Pandas kly231002 https://padlet.com/kly231002/Pandas/wish/1884472118 Source: https://youtu.be/v_cpPMjE0vU]]> 2021-11-11 15:25:51 UTC https://padlet.com/kly231002/Pandas/wish/1884472118 Funny Baby Pandas. Pandas Playing With Zookeeper kly231002 https://padlet.com/kly231002/Pandas/wish/1884496426 Source: https://youtu.be/l73rmrLTHQc]]> 2021-11-11 15:34:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kly231002/Pandas/wish/1884496426 Behavior and Habitat kly231002 https://padlet.com/kly231002/Pandas/wish/1885676663 Wild pandas live only in remote, mountainous regions in central China. These high bamboo forests are cool and wet-just as pandas like it. They may climb as high as 13,000 feet to feed on higher slopes in the summer season.

    Pandas are often seen eating in a relaxed sitting posture, with their hind legs stretched out before them. They may appear sedentary, but they are skilled tree-climbers and efficient swimmers.

    Source: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/facts/giant-panda
    ]]>     2021-11-12 02:54:32 UTC https://padlet.com/kly231002/Pandas/wish/1885676663     PANDA'S NATURAL ENEMIES kly231002 https://padlet.com/kly231002/Pandas/wish/1885704837 A fully grown panda is far too formidable a foe for most predators, but some animals can prey on cubs.

    Potential predators include jackals, snow leopards and yellow-throated martens, all of which are capable of killing and eating panda cubs.

    Indeed, the 2008 animated blockbuster Kung Fu Panda tells the story of Po, a panda who is an apprentice noodle-maker and kung-fu fanatic, and whose greatest enemy is Tai Lung: a fierce kung-fu fighting snow leopard.

    In real life, snow leopards, which are also endangered, share some of the same habitats as the black and white bears and pose a threat to young pandas.

    Giant pandas are solitary and peaceful animals, which will usually avoid confrontation, but if escape is impossible, they will certainly fight back.

    And as cuddly as they may look, pandas can protect themselves as well as most other bears by using their physical strength, and powerful jaws and teeth.

    Pandas can grow up to 1.5m long and weigh as much as 150kg.

    And while their large molar teeth and strong jaw muscles are designed for crushing bamboo, they can deliver a very nasty bite.

    In addition, giant panda are excellent climbers, with cubs able to clamber up trees when they are just 6 months old.

    They can also swim and, unlike most other bears, do not hibernate for months at time during winter.

    With all these attributes in their arsenal, fully grown giant pandas can defend themselves against most predators.
    Source: https://wwf.panda.org/discover/knowledge_hub/endangered_species/giant_panda/panda/kung_fu_panda_enemies_defences/
    https://youtu.be/bZTB3UeBr4A]]>     2021-11-12 03:08:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kly231002/Pandas/wish/1885704837     The future of panda conservation kly231002 https://padlet.com/kly231002/Pandas/wish/1885720275 Giant panda numbers are slowly increasing, but the rare bear is not out of the woods yet.

    Traditional threats to pandas such as poaching appear to be declining, but large-scale disturbances including mining, hydro-power, tourism and infrastructure construction are becoming more severe. 

    WWF's 2015-2025 giant panda conservation strategy sets the course for panda protection efforts over the next decade and will focus on improving panda habitat in a manner that balances conservation with local sustainable development.
     
    WWF will cooperate with the government as well as working with partners and the public to protect key habitats and ensure a sustainable wild giant panda population, and benefit local communities.

    These conservation efforts will also benefit many other rare species of animals and plants that live side-by-side with the pandas, including the endangered takin, golden monkey, red panda, and crested ibis.
    ...

    "The panda can and will endure as a symbol of our environment and a wonder of evolution. To protect this luminous fragment of life we must monitor its fate with vigilance, compassion, wisdom, and loyalty, with a commitment measured in terms not of decades but of centuries."

    George B Schaller, Wildlife Conservation Society (first WWF supported panda researcher in China)

    Source: https://wwf.panda.org/discover/knowledge_hub/endangered_species/giant_panda/future/




    ]]>     2021-11-12 03:15:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kly231002/Pandas/wish/1885720275     Breeding and Population kly231002 https://padlet.com/kly231002/Pandas/wish/1885922028
    Giant pandas are solitary. They have a highly developed sense of smell that males use to avoid each other and to find females for mating in the spring. After a five-month pregnancy, females give birth to a cub or two, though they cannot care for both twins. The blind infants weigh only 5 ounces at birth and cannot crawl until they reach three months of age. They are born white, and develop their much loved coloring later.


     Improved conservation efforts and better survey methods show an increase in the wild panda population. Hundreds more pandas live in breeding centers and zoos, where they are always among the most popular attractions. Much of what we know about pandas comes from studying these zoo animals, because their wild cousins are so rare and elusive.

    Source: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/facts/giant-panda
    ]]>     2021-11-12 05:28:56 UTC https://padlet.com/kly231002/Pandas/wish/1885922028     Life Cycle kly231002 https://padlet.com/kly231002/Pandas/wish/1885948529 Pandas are mistakenly believed to be poor breeders due to the disappointing reproductive performance of captive animals.

    But long-term studies have shown that wild panda populations can have reproductive rates comparable to some American black bear populations, which are thriving.
    Breeding facts:
    • Giant pandas reach sexual maturity at 5.5 to 6.5 years.
    • A female can mate with several males, who compete over her.
    • A male will seek out different females who are on heat.
    • The mating season is in spring between March and May.
    • Males and females usually associate for no more than 2-4 days.
    • Gestation takes from 95-160 days.
    • Pandas normally give birth to single young
    • Twins seem to be born more frequently in captivity, when artificial insemination is used.
    • The reproductive rate is about 1 cub every 2 years.
    Birth facts:
    • A newborn panda cub weighs just 90-130 g.
    • A cub is just 1/900th the size of its mother - one of the smallest newborn mammals relative to its mother's size.
    • Pandas are dependent on their mothers for the first few months of their lives and are fully weaned at 8 to 9 months.
    • Most pandas leave their mothers when she becomes pregnant again, usually at about 18 months.
    • A panda's average life span in the wild is 14-20 years.
    • But they can live up to 30 years in captivity.
    Adult facts:
    • Giant pandas are generally solitary.
    • Each adult has a well-defined home range.
    • Although they are not territorial, females do not tolerate other females and sub-adults within the core areas of their range.
    • Encounters are rare outside the brief mating season, but pandas communicate with each other fairly often, mostly through vocalization and scent marking.
    • While roaming their territories, they mark their routes by spraying urine, clawing tree trunks, and rubbing against objects.

    Source: 
    https://wwf.panda.org/discover/knowledge_hub/endangered_species/giant_panda/panda/panda_life_cycle/








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