
• About 2,000 pandas are found in the wild.
• Some scientists think that people love pandas because they remind them of babies.
• 99% of a Panda's diet consists of bamboo.
• Pandas eat bamboo largely because they have no umami taste receptors. Not having that receptor makes meat taste bland to them.
• The giant panda is actually a bear.'
• Pandas have one of the highest bite forces of any known carnivore.
• The giant panda spends almost 55% of its life collecting, preparing and eating bamboo.
• Pandas are believed to have lived on Earth for 2 to 3 million years.
• One giant panda usually needs between 2.5 to 4 square miles (10 million m2) of land to survive.
• A newborn panda weighs less than an cellphone.
Panda Facts


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