The giant panda is my country's first-level protected animal and one of my country's national treasures. Giant pandas are chubby, with facial hair and black and white hair, and round dark circles and eyes that make them look very cute. Giant pandas mainly live in bamboo forests in southwest China and feed on bamboo. Due to insufficient numbers in the wild, giant pandas have been included in the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species and have become a symbol of biodiversity conservation in China and around the world.

The living environment of giant pandas?

Giant pandas usually give people the impression of being naive, very docile, and move very slowly. They are rarely irritated by other animals, so many people may think that giant pandas should often be bullied in the wild. In the gaming industry, there is a joking term for such "players" who are often bullied, and that is "Five Scumbags." So, what is the actual fighting ability of the giant panda, which looks honest and honest?

The high mountains and deep valleys in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River in China are on the windward side of the southeast monsoon. The climate is warm, cool and humid, and the humidity is often above 80%. They are hygroscopic animals. Giant pandas live at an altitude of 1,200 meters to 4,100 meters, mainly in dense bamboo forests at 2,600 to 3,500 meters, where the air is thin all year round, clouds are shrouded, and the temperature is below 20°C. The six narrow strips where giant pandas live cover a habitat area of ​​more than 20,000 square kilometers and a population of about 1,600, of which more than 80% are distributed in Sichuan.

The physical characteristics of giant pandas

< p>Giant pandas are plump and plump like bears, with round heads and short tails. The hair color of the head and body is distinctly black and white, but the black is not pure black, and the white is not pure white, but black with brown and white with yellow. The head and body are 1.2-1.8 meters long, and the tail is 10-12 centimeters long. Weighing 80-120 kg, the heaviest can reach 180 kg.

Recipes for giant pandas

Giant pandas are the only mammals belonging to the order Carnivora, the family Ursidae, the subfamily Giant Panda, and the genus Giant Panda. Giant pandas eat bamboo as their staple food. They eat for more than 10 hours a day, and 99% of their food is bamboo. More than 30 kilograms of bamboo can be eaten.

In addition to bamboo, giant pandas also eat it occasionally. Some other plants or small animals, such as when food is scarce, will go down the mountain to steal corn, livestock feed, or prey on farmers' sheep. In the wild, they sometimes eat grass leaves, tree bark, bees, and carrion.

The ancestors of the giant panda appeared in the early Pluvial Period 2-3 million years ago. According to research, the ancient names of giant pandas include tapir, white leopard, Yu, etc. From the early period of the Reborn Era more than 2 million years ago to the middle and late period of the Regeneration Era 1 million years ago, giant pandas were widely distributed in the southern half of my country, forming the giant panda-stegodon fauna; today many species of this fauna Already extinct, but giant pandas have survived, so giant pandas are known as "living fossils".

The "recipe" has gradually changed from eating meat to eating bamboo over millions of years. The main reason is climate change. During the Ice Age, pandas died one after another because they could not obtain food. However, pandas in my country began to adapt to the changes and switched to eating bamboo to survive. Moreover, bamboo has a wide range of sources, few competitors, and contains a lot of starch, so pandas began to eat bamboo, and this change in habits continues to this day.

The fighting ability of giant pandas

Although the giant panda is usually naive, it is a representative of the bear family after all. Its combat effectiveness can be expressed by the following indicators:

First, the bite force: the bite force of the giant panda is very strong, with the highest It weighs more than 800 pounds, which is equivalent to 300 kilograms. This value is comparable to that of black bears.

The second is the length of giant pandas' teeth The canine length of the canine can reach 3 cm. Although it is not as long as the canine teeth of lions and tigers, due to its bite force, once bitten by it, direct penetrating injuries and lacerations will make the opponent unable to break free and extremely painful. Small animals are almost instantly killed by bites.

The third is the striking power: The giant panda's striking force is very powerful, even up to 1,600 kilograms, and it is not inferior to other beasts.

Fourth, they sometimes get irritated: Giant pandas can get angry for a variety of reasons, such as feeling threatened, irritated, in pain or anxious. In the wild, giant pandas may get angry over territorial disputes or parental rights struggles with other pandas. At a zoo or wildlife sanctuary, giant pandas may get angry because they feel ignored, frightened, or resentful of staff.

Do giant pandas have natural enemies?

From the definition of natural enemies, except for humans, giant pandas have no real natural enemies. However, clouded leopards, jackals, yellow-throated martens, golden cats, etc. will attack giant panda cubs, minors, old, weak, sick and disabled individuals. These animals will also pose certain threats to the survival of giant pandas. However, the number and distribution of these animals do not meet the standards for their habitat, so they do not pose a great threat to giant pandas.