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Did you know the female panda weighs 180 pounds. They are two and a half feet tall. The male panda weighs 220 pounds.

 

The pandas can't go without food for more than 5-6 hours.
The Chinese call the panda "Big Bear Cat".

When a panda is 1 year old they are already climbing trees.

 
The panda's front paws are very unusual. Their paws have five clawed fingers plus an extra bone that works like a human thumb.
But it really isn't a thumb it's actually a extra long wrist bone but it works like a thumb.
There are only about one thousand giant pandas left in Western China.
Under the giant pandas white fur their skin is black and under the black fur there is pink skin.
 
Did you know the giant panda's teeth are seven times bigger than human teeth.
The giant panda always sits or lies down when they they eat. 
Did you know the pandas are actually endangered because the forests they live in get cut down.
 

Mother Panda with Cub