These are 10 curiosities about panda bears.
1: Pandas are omnivorous, but 99% of their diet is bamboo. They eat about 20 kilos a day.
2: When pandas are born they are 15 centimeters long, when they grow up they are 150 cm long.
3: Unlike most bears, pandas do not hibernate.
4: They live in the mountainous regions of China. It is no longer endangered, but it is a vulnerable species.
5: They have wide, flat molars that help them chew bamboo.
6: The life expectancy of pandas is between 15 and 20 years, they can live up to 30 in captivity.
7: For a long time they were considered procyonids instead of ursids. That is, it was thought that they belonged to the same family as raccoons.
8: Since 1961 it is the symbol of WWF, which is an organization that deals with the conservation of the environment.
9: They have vertical pupils like cats. And they have developed a pseudo-thumb that is used to uproot the bamboo.
10: Panda cubs are born with their eyes closed and don’t open them until they are about six to eight weeks old.