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↑ All about bearsThe giant panda is a black-and-white bear from China. Here are three true things about it.
Giant pandas live only in six mountain regions in a few Chinese provinces, mainly Sichuan, and also Shaanxi and Gansu. They live at heights of up to 3,000 metres.
SourceThe panda's black-and-white coat appears to work as camouflage in both winter and summer. The white parts help it hide in snow, and the black shoulders and legs help it hide in shade.
SourceIn Chinese, the giant panda is called dàxióngmāo. Word for word, that means 'giant bear cat'.
SourceTiny beginnings
A giant panda cub is very small when it is born. It weighs only 90 to 130 grams, about one eight-hundredth of its mother's weight. At first it is pink and has no teeth. The cub feeds on its mother's milk six to 14 times a day, for up to 30 minutes at a time. A month after it is born, its black-and-white fur pattern is fully developed. The cub begins to crawl when it is 75 to 80 days old. After six months, it can eat small amounts of bamboo.
SourceA long day
A giant panda eats a lot of bamboo every day. Its digestive system is more like a meat-eater's than a plant-eater's. To get enough food, a panda must spend 10 to 16 hours a day foraging and eating. Adult giant pandas may mostly live alone. Most of their messages to each other are left as scent marks, which a panda rubs onto tree trunks, rocks or the ground. A scent mark lets nearby pandas know about one another, and an unfamiliar one is usually enough to send a visitor ambling away. Pandas make sounds too. They sometimes chirp, honk, bleat, chomp and bark.
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