Summary of
Pandas:
-Appearance
They’re
distinctively white and black mammals. An adult panda weighs about 90kg to
140kg, and grows up to 1.5m to 1.8m in height!
-Habitat
They once
used to live in lowland, however, human’s activity lead them to live in mountainous
regions. They’re spread out in Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu of China as these
places provide them with sufficient bamboo (*look at their diet). The range of
a female’s home is smaller compared to the male’s. Their home range may overlap
with other pandas at times. Pandas also prefer to live alone.
-Life-Cycle
A panda at
birth weighs about 90 to 130 grams, with a size of no more than 1/900 of its
mother. For the first 8 to 9 months, they’re dependent on their mother. Around the
18th month, the panda will leave its mother. A panda from the wild
usually live for 14 to 20 years. However, its maximum life-span is 30.
-Diet
A panda’s diet
consists of 99% of bamboo and 1% of vegetables or/and meat. They consume about
17 kg of bamboos in a day as bamboos are low in nutrition.
Resources:
Aww, why do they like to live alone :( This is definitely going to affect their population! How are they going to mate and reproduce? Plus they are only fertile for 36 hours in a year (refer to first post: Should we continue to conserve pandas?)...
ReplyDeleteAlso, when female pandas give birth to twins, they will only take care of one and leave the other to fend for himself [quoted from Sophia! Also supported from http://www.wwfchina.org/english/pandacentral/htm/learn_about_giant_panda/panda_q_a/reproduction%20.htm] Most of the time this abandoned cub will die as it does not receive any proper nutrition and does not know how to defend himself. It is very unfortunate :(
-Zhou Zhou
Pandas had always been living in smaller groups, during those times they did not have much problems with that. However, over the few decades, due to human's activity which led to the fragmentation of the panda's habitat, which caused them to face a problem with having a bigger population.
Delete-Lin Wei
But why do they live in smaller groups? Is it because of their natural shy personality?
Delete-ZZ
I believe so. I have tried doing some research, however, not much information can be found. But I remembered that there was a zookeeper who told me that they are shy in nature and do not like interacting much (when I was in China).
Delete-Lin Wei
I think pandas preference of living alone is one of the reasons why they have problems reproducing. What kind of meat do pandas eat? I always assumed they were vegetarians haha
ReplyDeleteOhhh but are rats commonly found in the bamboo forests/habitats?
Delete-ZZ
Yes, they do, and I guess that is why owls exist in forests because they eat small mammals, just like pandas do!
Delete-Lin Wei
HAHAHAHA OWLS *inserts laughing emoji* okay then! Thanks!
Delete^Zhou Zhou
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