The giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) also known as the panda bear or simply the panda, is a bear native to south central China. It is characterised by large, black patches around its eyes, over the ears, and across its round body.
Subspecies : The Qinling panda has a light brown and white pattern
BEHAVIOR AND DIET
The giant panda is a terrestrial animal and primarily spends its life roaming and feeding in the bamboo forest.
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.
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.
BREEDING
Giant pandas are generally 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.Social encounters occur primarily during the brief breeding season in which pandas in proximity to one another will gather. After mating, the male leaves the female alone to raise the cub.
CONSERVATION
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.
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