Pandas Eat, Sleep and Poop. A lot. Quiz

Answer: True

Giant pandas belong to the Ursidae family. Ursus is the latin word for "bear". That means they are ... well, bears. And all bears are mammals.

Answer: bamboo shoots

Pine cones? They'd choke on them!
Anyway, the remaining 1% could be other fruit like bananas, some shrub leaves, rarely even fish.

Answer: False

Not true! Contrary to common belief, giant pandas are classified as carnivorous animals. Their digestive system is that of a carnivore. Bamboo is very low on protein and that is the reason they are forced to eat huge amounts of it every day to get the energy they need.

Answer: Asia

To be more exact, they only reside in the vast bamboo forests of several mountain ranges in central China. Pandas used to live in the lower lands too, but extensive farming and deforestation over the years has pushed them higher up on the mountains.

Answer: All of these

Sadly, nowadays this wonderful species is endangered. Vast areas of bamboo forests in China are destroyed as years go by, leaving no habitat for these gentle animals.
Moreover, giant pandas are extremely reluctant to breed both in the wild and in captivity.
On top of all that, giant panda cubs are very, very fragile, weak and prone to illness during the first six months of their life, which leads to very high cub mortality.
All three factors show us how great the struggle of giant pandas for survival is.

Answer: xiong

Giant pandas are called 'Bear cats', 'Bamboo bears' and several other similar names in China. They are very dearly loved and are considered the alternative country emblem of China (the primary emblem being, of course, the dragon).

In Chinese, 'Bao' means 'Leopard', 'Laohu' means 'Tiger' and 'Yuan' means 'Ape'.

Answer: They sit with their back turned to the visitors

It's true, giant pandas could sit in their cage with their back to the crowd for hours, just eating bamboo. When they run out of food, they could even crawl sideways to pick up more, just to keep their back turned on the visitors. When they are in that mood, it would be a bad time to be standing outside that cage with your camera ready, trust me (I wasted 40 minutes of my life and I still didn't get that face shot after all).

Answer: Furless and pink

Baby pandas, like many baby mammals, are born blind, pink and furless. Their sight develops within a week and their trademark black-and-white fur grows within a month of their birth.

Answer: False

Giant pandas are solitary animals. They mate normally during their reproductive period, but they are not a family-oriented species. Father pandas do not take any part whatsoever in the raising of a panda cub, so the burden falls solely on mothers.

Mother pandas who give birth to twin cubs usually choose one of them and abandon the other, since panda cubs are so fragile and weak that taking care of even one cub requires complete devotion from the mother.

Answer: Tail

Giant pandas are white except their eye patches, ears, nose, legs and arms. The black-and-white coat of pandas is considered very unusual. Scientists believe that it is a result of evolution, since it provides very good camouflage in the shades of the dense forests and bamboo foliage where pandas live.