The Giant Panda
Published by Pandas live on mountain slopes 4000-11000 feet above sea level in Sichuan, Shaaxi, and Gansu Provinces in Central China. They have the lowest territorial area of all bears, this area only spans 1.5 miles. Instead of hibernating they move down slope to shelter themselves from the winds on the high grounds.
The Giant Panda and The Red Panda are the only bears that are bound by their diet. These bears live on the slopes of the Chinese mountains 4000-11000 feet above sea level. This is the only place in the world that these bears can find food. And because their food holds little nutrition value they find it hard to gain the weight they need to hibernate during the harsh winter months. While other bears in this region eat other things, they will be fast asleep while the Panda will be brazing the snowy blizzards to eat the bamboo shoots that keep them bound to these mountains. The tempreature on these slopes during the winter season could drop below freezing, making it hard for their young to survive. The young Pandas in the wild only have a 10% chance of survival during these harsh months.
Pandas only give birth to a single cub, Panda’s take great care of their young because of the high death rate, the mother will hold the infant in her arms for three months continuously licking it and cleaning it to prevent infections. The young Panda will drink its mothers milk for up to 12 months, it is hard for the mother panda to produce milk on a diet of bamboo. After three months of sitting with the infant in her arms the cubs eyes will open, the mother will leave the cave to feed. The female panda will not stray too far from the cave to ensure the infants safety. When she returns she will sit for another three months leaving every now and again for food. When the cub gets old enough it will start to venture outside of the cave, this is when the female starts her schooling of her infant.
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On April 6, 2009 at 6:47 am
Great info on Giant Panda. I do read in some magazine that their populations is reducing rapidly. That is a sad fact. Hope this species does not become extinct.
On April 6, 2009 at 7:20 am
I like it!
On April 6, 2009 at 9:04 am
thumbed up
On April 6, 2009 at 9:04 pm
great article and nice photos. Keep on sharing friend.
On April 6, 2009 at 11:30 pm
it was a lovely article
On April 6, 2009 at 11:32 pm
They are amazing… Thank you.
On April 6, 2009 at 11:48 pm
great article and nice photos. Keep on sharing friend.
On April 7, 2009 at 3:12 am
your work’s getting more polished, bro. I like it.
On April 7, 2009 at 10:19 am
Good article, lovely pics.
On April 7, 2009 at 2:29 pm
They are so cute!! Great story Stephen!!
On April 7, 2009 at 9:43 pm
Just a note..Red Pandas are not bears. Not in the slightest
On April 8, 2009 at 6:52 pm
They seem to live a hard life.The chances of giving birth are really low
How sad. They are so cute , I wish I could hug one , one day.
On April 8, 2009 at 7:20 pm
I love the pandas
On April 8, 2009 at 7:48 pm
Interesting article, I didn’t know most of that information.
On April 8, 2009 at 9:38 pm
Very informative and detailed. Looks like somebody did they homework. Pictures and heading 5/5. Information 10/5. Nice work!
On April 8, 2009 at 10:02 pm
i absolutely loved this,i knew all this already but there was a few facts i didnt know,pandas are my favorite animal =]
5 stars!
On April 8, 2009 at 10:26 pm
Realy interesting, I didn’t know they could only breed in a two day pierod
On April 8, 2009 at 11:19 pm
impressive write-up about one of the most popular and expensive animal in the world, nice work
On April 9, 2009 at 1:13 am
such a cute panda… huggable!
On April 9, 2009 at 2:23 am
The panda are really cute. If people become panda, discrimination and prejudice between the black and the white will totally vanish forever. We have to turn everyone in to panda.
More seriously, actually there is another species of bear whose life was bounded by their diet, the Koala Bears of Australia.
On April 9, 2009 at 3:05 am
Good work and cute pics. Just hope this species does not become extinct.
On April 9, 2009 at 4:35 am
Thanks for sharing this info, I hope they don’t become extinct, lovely photos, very well written.
On April 9, 2009 at 5:34 am
Great article!
On April 9, 2009 at 8:50 am
Good, informative, well written, concise. All of the things it needed to be. Good work.
On April 9, 2009 at 10:11 am
Wow. I feel like I just left a class on Panda Bears. Well done. Very enjoyable and educational.
On April 9, 2009 at 5:56 pm
I though that this was a great article, well presented and really informative.
On reading it i learned so many facts that i never knew and enjoyed the read as Pandas are my favourite bear, the pics were great too……well done mate top marks from me
On April 9, 2009 at 11:57 pm
Great pictures! Very informative, and well organized-THis includes so much information for panda lovers they would be in heaven.
On April 10, 2009 at 9:26 pm
Very good! well researched and presented…
Amsky
On April 10, 2009 at 10:27 pm
i always like your articles specially about animals..!=)
(got no time on triond nowadays, been busy lately..)
On April 13, 2009 at 3:19 am
Cute pandas and interesting article
On April 13, 2009 at 6:41 pm
Your article is very well written. The pictures are picture perfect. Keep up the good work.
On April 13, 2009 at 10:46 pm
Hi Stephen,
You really are a great writer. I think you should insert, “Image Source,” or “Image Credit,” under the pictures. I am perplexed as to how you get published without crediting the images.
Very nice write. Good luck,
j
On April 18, 2009 at 3:24 pm
Very educating, thank you.
On April 20, 2009 at 5:12 pm
those picture are cute!
On May 10, 2009 at 1:46 pm
What interesting facts and beautiful pictures. I love learning about the animal world.
Karen
On June 14, 2009 at 9:49 pm
Wow very informative, sorry that i did not answer, i didn’t go on Triond for a while