Giant Panda Q&A Part 3
Q: Do giant pandas stay active during the day and sleep at night like humans? A: Researchers have spent years observing giant pandas in the wild and have noticed common trends in daily movements and behaviors.Wild giant pandas normally start to be active before dawn, rest at and reach a second active peak again before […]
Panda Habitat Through Infrared Camera
Shhh, whispered Boss Shao as he stopped and gestured toward the bamboo grove up ahead. Weaving through tightly packed confers, a few sunbeams spilled through to the arrow bamboo. The dense arrow bamboo blocked our view of the area around us. A noticeable snapping sound came from the bamboo grove, extraordinarily clear as it broke […]
National Panda Census Released
Chinese Government Released the Results of the 4th National Panda Census On February 28, 2015, before the opening of the National Congress and the Chinese People`s Political Consultative Conference, the State Forestry Administration held a domestic and media in Beijing. Chen Fe, vice-director of the State Forestry Administration, announced the result of the 4th National […]
Giant Panda Summer Habitat
In nearly June,10 months old panda Hu Niu was prepared to migrate up from their winter habitat to their summer habitat with her mother.Until then, Hu Niu lived in a Bashania fargesii forest, otherwise known as subalpine fir forests. Since her birth last August, the nursing cub has resided below 2,000m altitude in the mountains. […]
Panda Q&A Part 2
Q:I often visit the Chengdu Panda Base, and see that pandas are only fed apples. Do pandas only eat apples as fruit in the wild? A: Giant pandas eat different fruits. Apples are the primary fruit fed to pandas at the Chengdu Panda Base， supplemented with other fruits including watermelon, pears and bananas. Those fruits […]
Giant Panda’s Winter Habitat
The wind blew hard while the rain heavily poured and slowly turned into snow. We were at an altitude of 2,800m on Qinling Mountain ridge, Xingongling Mountain and Luban village, the summer habitat of giant pandas. As the weather becomes colder and food becomes scarce the pandas to their winter habitat in lower altitudes. We […]
Panda Q & A
Q:Does a new born panda have an umbilical cord? A: All newborn giant pandas have umbilical cords just like mammals.While in its mother’s womb,the giant panda fetus obtains nutrients and oxygen via the umbilical cord.Immediately after birth,the mother panda bites off the umbilical cord and holds the cub close ti keep it warm.In captivity,veterinarians will […]
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