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Giant Panda — printable fact sheet
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Giant Panda
Ailuropoda melanoleuca
The giant panda is a large, iconic bear native to the mountainous forests of central China. Renowned for its distinctive black-and-white fur, the giant panda primarily feeds on bamboo, consuming up to 99% of its diet from this plant. Although classified as a carnivore, it is alm…
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- Although they are classified as bears, giant pandas' closest genetic relatives are actually the spectacled bears of South America.
- Giant pandas have a unique pseudo-thumb, an enlarged wrist bone, that helps them grasp bamboo stalks. Despite their bulk, pandas are excellent climbers and can swim well. Baby pandas are born extremely small and pink, weighing just about 100 grams at birth.
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