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Quick facts
- In 2004, a survey counted 1,600 pandas in the wild
- An adult panda can weigh about 100-150kg and grow up to 150cm
- Pandas have the digestive system of a carnivore, but they have adapted to a vegetarian diet of bamboos.
- A panda may eat 12-38kg of bamboo a day
- The panda cub is 1/900th the size of its mother, one of the smallest newborn mammals relative to its mother's size.
- Pandas are good tree climbers.
- When breeding, pandas require at least 30km² to support them over the short term.
Courtesy of WWF GLOBAL
