Animal

Panda or also known as “Giant Panda” or “Panda Bear” is a species of bear originated from Central China. The most distinguishable things from them are the black and white patterns of the body and alo the black fur encircling their eyes. They consume bamboo as their main diet but they also eat other grasses, wild tubers, birds, rodents, honey, eggs, fish, oranges and banana occassionally.

Panda have two legs and two hands. Although they can stand on two feet, but most of the time they are just like any other bears who walked on both hands and legs. They have five fingers and a thumb on their paws. The thumb is a modified bone that help them to hold bamboo while eating. The fur around their belly is white while the fur around their chest, hands, legs and ears are black.

An adult panda can reach the size of 1,2 to 1,9 m long from nose to tail. The tail is about 10 to 15 cm long. The body height of an adult panda can reach 60 to 90 cm and their body weight can reach 160 kg. They can live up to 20 years in the wild and about 30 years in captivity. They are a solitary animal who has a defined territory. They communicate to each other by making sound and through scent marking.