Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) are amongst the cutest living mammal in this world... common in China, these mammals consume 99% of its diet on bamboo... as the Giant Panda has been listed as endangered in the IUCN's Red List, many zoos and captive centre has taken some extend measures in rearing this graceful animal in captive...
Enough with the introduction, actually i was going to share some facts on Giant Panda.. but i was carried away with this topic... as i was doing some research on Pandas for my animal captive course, i stumbled along some info that may make us wonder and ponder on this animal...
Be like the GIANT PANDA...
- who will nurture its cub full with love and care... a mother Panda will take care of the cub, providing shelter, food and guidence so that the cub will survive until adult...
- who looks beautiful at the outside as well as the inside... a colouration of white and black patches, the Panda looks stunning and elegant topped by its nature of gracefulness and delicate...
- who is well known and famous... Pandas are very popular animal, in zoos or in the wild... people just adore them, loving them... these animal knows how to attract millions and millions of fan all around the world, ranging from a child to an elder...
Don't be like the GIANT PANDA...
- who will abandon the other half of its cub, if it bore a twin... a Panda will only taking care of a cub at a time... its very unfortunate for the other twin that has not be chosen by thier very own mother... it will starve to death or becoming foods for predators... left alone in the wilderness waiting for its death...
- who is not loyal... Pandas are polygamous and will mate with any panda they meet in contact... there is no male dominancy in Pandas, and the female Pandas have their privilage in deciding with who she will mate... at certain period of its estrous cycle, the female Panda can mate up to 4 or 5 different male Pandas...
- who is very very very very very lazy... the thing that they only do is eating and sleeping... Pandas are bored... they are lazy to move, to climb, to play... they will eat and eat and continues to eat until full before going back to sleep...
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