When are Giant Pandas most active?

Giant Pandas are most active in the morning and at dusk.

What are the daily activities of Giant Pandas

Giant pandas sleep hidden away inside caves and dens which may be a hollow at the bottom of a large tree truck.

Do Giant Pandas live in groups?

Giant Pandas are solitary animals, they spend their lives alone, except during mating seasons or when females rear their young. Giant Pandas live in well defined territories.

How do Giant Pandas communicate amongst themselves?

Giant pandas will urinate or scent mark on trees to warn others of their presence in the territory. They will also vocalise, producing sounds such as roaring or bleating (a similar to that of a domestic goat), to convey to the others their intentions. Panda cubs produce high pitched wailing to attract their mothers' attention for care and nursing. Giant Pandas are very vocal during mating seasons to attract each other. The females will produce sounds that are not heard at other time of the year.

Do Giant Pandas have other ways to communicate?

Giant Pandas also leave scratch and teeth marks on trees trucks let known to others of their presence.

Do Giant Pandas defecate often?

Giant Pandas defecate about 48 times a day. In the wild, faeces are useful research materials for scientists, from them information regarding the individual pandas, such as health conditions, and the size of the population in the area can be gained.

What do faeces of the adult Giant Panda look like?

A good faecal sample is firm and its shape resembles that of a rugby ball, slightly tapered at both ends, each weighing roughly round 150-200g. It contains 70% of water and consists largely of undigested bamboo fiber. Sometimes mucus may be found in the faeces also.

Sometimes the mother panda will eat her cub's faeces, why?

A panda rearing a newly born cub poses an easy prey for predators. When the mother panda eats the cub's stool it effectively eliminates the evidence of the cub's presence in the area.