Here are 20 fresh and interesting facts about Giant Pandas.
1–5 Facts about Pandas
1. After realizing that pregnant pandas receive preferential treatment, one panda mimicked their actions to obtain more bamboo.
2. All pandas worldwide are loaned from China, and upon birth, a baby panda is returned to China in order to contribute to the diversification of the panda population. FedEx ships the baby pandas back to you.
3. Despite possessing all the tools required for a meat-based diet, the giant panda is missing a gene that codes for the umami receptor. It’ll gladly live on bamboo and has no taste for it.
4. One of the main causes of the difficulty in mating pandas is that the females are only “in the mood” for mating for a brief time in the spring, lasting only 24-72 hours annually.
5. Because giant pandas appeared to lose interest in mating when they were captured, artificial insemination was the main technique used to breed them at first. Because of this, scientists have resorted to harsh techniques like showing them films of pandas mating and giving the males Viagra.
6–10 Facts about Pandas
6. An embarrassment is a collection of pandas.
7. Pandas consume 20 to 30 pounds of bamboo per day; they are mostly carnivorous by nature and do not obtain much energy from the plant. As a result, they can urinate up to 40 times every day.
8. Sir Peter Scott, the founder of WWF, selected a panda as the organization’s emblem primarily to save money on printing because it just required black and white.
9. In China, there are panda nannies. They receive $32,000 a year in compensation for caring for newborn pandas, along with free lodging, meals, and board.
10. Since the seventh century, China has practiced a gift-giving tradition in which a panda is given away in return for cordial ties. This strategy is known as “Panda Diplomacy.”
11–15 Facts about Pandas
11. According to one source, Teddy Roosevelt shot a giant panda first.
12. Prior to 1997, killing a panda in China carried a death sentence.
13. A female giant panda developed feelings for a Russian zookeeper and would totally “present” herself to him, refusing to mate with other pandas.
14. Zookeeping pandas is an expensive endeavor. An elephant is the second most costly animal to own, at five times the cost of a panda.
15. The giant panda is scientifically known as “Ailuropoda melanoleuca,” which translates to “black and white cat-foot.”
16–20 Facts about Pandas
16. Ruth Harkness carried the first live giant panda back to the United States in 1936, “wrapped in her arms, not in a cage, or on a leash.”
17. China is the home of all the remaining giant pandas. China lends money to the pandas kept in captivity, as well as any potential newborns. The annual cost is $1 million. The majority of these earnings support conservation initiatives, which help ensure the continued existence of the species.
18. In order to effectively manage bamboo, pandas acquired a sixth “thumb” in addition to their five fingers on each paw.
19. To trick tourists into believing they had a giant panda, a Tainan, Taiwan, zoo put spots on a sun bear in 1987.
20. The tribal people of Sichuan thought that consuming panda urine would dissolve an inadvertently eaten needle.
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