How did the panda, which can also earn an aircraft carrier for the country, become China's national treasure?

Because the giant panda has lived on the earth for at least 8 million years, it is known as "living fossil", "national treasure of China", image ambassador of WWF and flagship species of biodiversity protection in the world. According to the third national wild panda population survey, there are less than 1600 wild pandas in the world, which belong to the national first-class protected animals.

By the end of 2011/the number of giant pandas in captivity in China was 333. Giant pandas eat meat at first. After evolution, 99% of their food is bamboo, but their teeth and digestive tract remain intact and they are still classified as carnivores. When they are angry, they are as dangerous as other bear species. The life span of giant pandas in the wild is 18-20 years old, and they can be over 30 years old in captivity.

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Living habits of giant pandas

1. Feeding habits: Giant pandas eat meat at first, and there are also carnivores who may eat meat, but they rarely prey on animals or animal carcasses. This is not because it doesn't like meat, but because it lacks opportunities. Because there are few large carnivores in the distribution area of giant pandas, there are not many residual corpses left for them to eat.

If you often catch small animals such as mice, the nutrition you get is often not enough to compensate for the energy you consume. Therefore, giant pandas can only eat a little meat occasionally, and most of the time they rely on bamboo to maintain their lives step by step, becoming animals that follow the rules and live on bamboo all their lives.

2. Environment: The giant panda lives in the high mountains and deep valleys in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River in China, and is the windward side of the southeast monsoon. The climate is cool and humid, and its humidity is often above 80%. It is a wet animal.

The six long and narrow living areas include Minshan, Qionglai, Liangshan, Daxiangling, Xiaoxiangling and Qinling, spanning 45 counties (cities) in Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu provinces, with a habitat area of more than 20,000 square kilometers and a population of about 1600, of which more than 80% are distributed in Sichuan.

3. Behavior: Giant pandas spend half of their eating time every day, and most of the rest are spent in sleep. In the wild, giant pandas sleep for 2-4 hours between meals. Lying flat, lying on the side, prone, stretching or curling are their favorite sleep styles.

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