Top 7 interesting facts about adorable pandas, the last one is sure to surprise everyone

Each animal has its own behavior and way of life. In particular, pandas are often known as one of the rare animals known for their "lazy" habit. However, hidden deep inside this animal there are many interesting facts that make us amazed.

Interesting facts about pandas

1. Pandas like solitude

Pandas are animals that love solitude.

Unlike the mistaken belief that pandas like to live in groups, this animal prefers solitude and will almost avoid direct contact with other species. Every year, male and female pandas only meet during the mating season in about 2-3 days of spring (from March to May every year). After that, the male will say goodbye to the female and return to enjoy a solitary life until mating season next year.

2. Pandas eat all the time 

The main daily food of pandas is only bamboo, sometimes fruit. Because of such an all-fiber diet, pandas must eat a lot (more than 12 hours a day) to get enough nutrition to feed their fat body. In addition to the time to eat, they will spend the rest of the time sleeping to get up to eat again.

3. Pandas have "false thumbs"

That 'false thumb' is actually a wrist bone that has grown too large.

In fact, the panda's hand has 5 fingers but no thumb, only an extra finger that functions like a thumb. The 'false thumb' is actually a wrist bone that has grown so large that it sticks out the side of the hand. The muscles that control the panda's bones have been rearranged to make it easier for the artificial finger to move and grasp the bamboo stem.

4. Panda fur provides camouflage

Everyone knows the adorable black and white panda. However, this hair color is not only beautiful but also very useful. The panda's distinctive coat allows them to avoid danger when it comes to both light and dark backgrounds, especially when in bamboo forests.

5. There are two species of pandas

The panda subspecies is mainly found in the Sichuan region of China. However, there is another rare species of panda that lives only in the Qinling Mountains of China's Shaanxi region, the red panda.

This red panda is slightly smaller than the common giant panda, and its fur is brown and white, instead of black and white. Just like the common panda, this red bear is also on the verge of extinction and needs urgent protection.

6. Pandas belong to the "carnivorous" order.

Wild pandas will sometimes eat grass, wild tubers, birds, rodents.

It sounds hard to believe, but even though 99% of what this animal eats is bamboo and bamboo, it belongs to the "meat-eating" group. On average, an adult panda needs to "eat" at least 18 kg of bamboo leaves per day.

Wild pandas will sometimes eat grass, wild tubers, bird meat, rodents, even carrion. And pandas kept in cages can also eat honey, eggs, fish, carrots, potatoes, shrub leaves and fruits such as apples, oranges or bananas.

7. Newborn pandas only weigh as much as a pencil

Due to the extremely short gestation period of only about 135 days for pandas, panda cubs are born weighing only 80-120 grams. This is also the mammal that has the smallest young. Normally, the size of a newborn panda is only 1/1900 of its mother, while the proportions of most mammals are close to 1/26.

When born, panda cubs cannot open their eyes and need special care from their mother in the first months of life. Despite having a short gestation period, pandas cannot reproduce as quickly as other species with a period of 2 years. This is also the reason why this individual animal is increasingly being lost and facing the risk of extinction.