Panda Facts – Interesting and Fun Facts About Pandas
Panda Bear Facts
Nearly 2,000 pandas are found in the wild.
Bamboo forms 99% of their diet.
Pandas eat the feces of their mothers.
Most of the food a panda eats is not digested, and therefore produce up to 62 lbs of droppings a day.
Bamboo is not nutritious and lacks in nutrients, and hence panda needs to eat an estimated 26-48 pounds a day.
Pandas spend most of their time roaming their territory, foraging for bamboo and sleeping.
Pandas can actually poop up to 40 times a day.
Panda researchers have to wear panda costumes to work with cubs.
The west first learned of the giant panda in 1869, when a French missionary received a skin from a hunter.
