Pandas are a bit like bears, a bit like cats, no wonder everyone calls them pandas.

Chubby body, chubby limbs, and the most interesting thing is the oversized "sunglasses".

Panda's life is very leisurely.

It likes to take a leisurely walk on the flat ground and play happily.

Morphological characteristics of pandas.

Males are slightly larger than females.

The body is fat and bear-like, plump and plump, with a round head and a short tail.

The head and body are 1.2-1.8 meters long and the tail is 10-12 cm long.

It weighs 80-120 kg and can weigh up to 180 kg.

The body color is black and white, the cheeks are round, the dark circles are large, and the iconic walking style of the inner eight characters, the sharp claws are like scalpels.

The giant panda's skin is very thick, up to 10 mm at its thickest point.

The black and white appearance is good for hiding in the trees and snow in the dense forest and is not easy to be spotted by predators.

Life habits of pandas.

1. Behavioral characteristics

Giant pandas are good at climbing trees.

They will hug the trunk with their strong limbs, then stick their sharp claws into the trunk and continue climbing.

It will actively avoid other animals and will only attack when threatened.

The behavior of climbing trees is generally a proposal period, or a way to escape danger, or a way for the weak to avoid the strong.

2. Scent markers

Giant pandas have poor eyesight and cannot see traces clearly.

They mostly perceive homogeneous markers by smell.

When giant pandas mark their territory, they rub the secretions of perianal glands on tree trunks, stumps and the ground to avoid being invaded by other giant pandas.

3. Food

Although giant pandas are carnivores, they rarely prey on animals and mainly eat bamboo.

However, due to the low nutritional content in bamboo, pandas spend 16 hours a day eating to meet their nutritional needs.

It can eat 36 catties of bamboo poles or leaves a day.

99% of the food of giant pandas is bamboo, and there are more than 60 kinds of bamboo plants in 12 genera that giant pandas can eat.

4. Sleep time

Giant pandas eat half of the day and spend most of the rest of the day sleeping.

In the wild, giant pandas sleep 2-4 hours between feedings.

5. Age

The lifespan of a wild giant panda is 18-20 years, and it can be more than 30 years in captivity.

Pandas are clumsy but very cute. Will you like them?