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Our process for bamboo donations first starts with a site evaluation. It is important that our team sees where the bamboo is growing, then determining if the bamboo is a species that our animals are currently eating. Thank you for your interest in donating bamboo for our pandas.
did you know?
Pandas are often seen eating in a relaxed sitting posture, with their hind legs stretched out before them. They may appear sedentary, but they are skilled tree-climbers and efficient swimmers.
- Common name: Giant Panda
- Scientific name: Ailuropoda melanoleuca
- Type: Herbivore
- Size: 4 to 5 feet
- Diet: Omnivore
- Habitat: Forests
Giant pandas are very unusual animals that eat almost exclusively
bamboo, which is very low in nutrients. Because of this, they have
many unique adaptations for their low-energy lifestyle. Giant
pandas are solitary. They have a highly developed sense of smell
that males use to avoid each other and to find females for mating
in the spring. After a five-month pregnancy, females give birth to
a cub or two, though they cannot care for both twins. The blind
infants weigh only 5 ounces at birth and cannot crawl until they
reach three months of age. They are born white, and develop their
much loved coloring later. Habitat loss is the primary threat to
this species. Its popularity around the world has helped the giant
panda become the focus of successful conservation programs.