Pandas: an endangered species

The reality is different and less poetic! The stains around the panda's eyes are used to prevent light from reflecting back onto the snow! And the black colour of their legs and their thick hair protect them from the cold!

The panda lives alone, that is, it does not mix with other animals. He lives in central China in the mountains with other pandas of his species.

When in captivity (in a zoo), pandas can live for 25 years, but a panda has broken all records by living to 34 years! On the other hand, we do not know how long pandas live when they are free! It's not very easy to study animals living in the wild!

Pandas: an endangered species...

As we said, the panda feeds on bamboos. Unfortunately, people are increasingly destroying forests by felling wood, which means that there is less and less bamboo to feed the pandas.

The Chinese had found the solution by putting the pandas to sleep and moving them to a larger forest, but even the larger forests eventually decrease and the problem remains the same!

That is why pandas are now on the verge of extinction. This means that since they have less food, there are fewer and fewer of them. Their species is therefore protected and no one has the right to kill or capture a panda! (like no animal of course, but for the panda, there is a law that protects it!)

The Chinese have established programs to save the panda. They have created reserves with bamboo to contribute to the needs of pandas and allow them to live for a long time to come!

Where to see pandas in captivity?

There are still more than 1000 pandas living in the wild, and some live in zoo (called captive living). Zoos that own a panda are quite rare. There are of course some in China, but also a little bit in the United States and Japan.