30 fun facts about pandas and their life

Pandas spend most of their time eating (over 12 hours a day). Tweet This

They also eat flowers, vines, green corn, rodents, fish and honey. Tweet This

In captivity pandas enjoy apples and carrots. Tweet This

Bamboo dies off about every 20 years, forcing pandas to migrate to a new area. Pandas could climb up to 13,000 ft. (4,000 m) up the mountains, searching for food. Tweet This

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Unlike other bears, pandas do not hibernate. They simply can’t accumulate enough fat to afford doing so. Tweet This

Panda has no permanent home but sleeps at the bottom of random trees. Tweet This

DNA tests confirmed that giant pandas are indeed members of the bear family, and not relatives of racoons. Tweet This

Red panda, however, is in the raccoon family. Tweet This

Pandas are amazing tree-climbers and great swimmers. Tweet This

Pandas mark territory by rubbing their scent glands (located under tail) onto a tree. Tweet This

Pandas’ superb sense of smell helps them find mating partners and, more frequently, avoid each other. Tweet This

Even at night, pandas can locate the best bamboo by its scent. Tweet This

Pandas live up to 20 years. For captive pandas it could stretch up to 30 years. Tweet This

Panda eyespots are initially round. With the time, they become teardrop-shaped. Tweet This

Scientists are not unanimous on what’s the purpose of panda’s markings. Tweet This

Panda’s skin is black where its fur is black and pink where its fur is white. Tweet This

Chinese philosophers linked panda’s black-and-white fur with the concept of Yin and Yang. Tweet This

In China, waving a flag with a panda on it was used to stop a battle and to call for a truce. Tweet This

Panda’s skeleton is twice as heavy as that of other same size animals. Tweet This

An adult panda weighs up to 300 pounds (140 kg). Tweet This

Pandas grow so large that they don’t have many natural enemies. Tweet This

Giant pandas have 42 teeth and, like humans, two sets of teeth in a lifetime. Tweet This

A panda was first born in captivity in 1963. Tweet This

Most of the food remaining poorly digested, makes panda produce daily up to 60 pounds (27 kg) of droppings. Tweet This

Panda is the most expensive animal to have in a zoo: 5 times costlier than elephant, which comes second. Tweet This

The first live panda left China in 1936. Tweet This

Giant panda has always been the symbol of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). Tweet This

Pandas do not communicate by facial expressions. Tweet This

A disastrous earthquake in 2008 in Sichuan Province, China, claimed many human and panda lives. Tweet This

Some captive pandas would fake pregnancy in order to get attention and better treatment. Tweet This