Before we get to the pictures here are some random facts about pandas!
- There are only around 2,000 pandas left in the wild making them endangered animals
- Once in captivity pandas lose the will to reproduce which forces researchers and habitats such as the Chengdu Panda Base to artificially inseminate the females in order to continue growing the population
- When a panda has twins, the mother will select the stronger cub to feed (because she only produces enough milk for one cub) and will leave the other to die
- 99% of a panda's diet it bamboo and can eat between 20-30 pounds of it in a single day
- Every panda that lives outside of China is being "rented" by the country it is living in. Every panda in the world is technically the property of China.
- The Chinese word for panda is pronounced "xiong mao".
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