What sounds do giant pandas make?

Pandas vocalize extensively in social interactions. They "chirp" during mating and "honk" in distress. A "bleat," a twittering goat sound, is a friendly contact call. A "chomp," a rapid opening and closing of the mouth so the teeth audibly meet, is a mild defensive threat. A "bark" is used to scare an enemy. A squeal indicates submission or pain.

What do they eat?

In the wild, giant pandas eat bamboo almost exclusively. Here at the Zoo, they are fed bamboo as well as highly nutritious biscuits and carrots and apples. They are each being fed more than 50 pounds of bamboo a day-about ten times more food than an average person consumes. They need all that bamboo because bamboo, being a grass, contains very few nutrients.

What is the status of giant pandas in the wild, and where do they live?
Giant pandas are a critically endangered species. They are difficult to census in the wild, but scientists believe there are about 1,100 remaining in the wild. These individuals live in scattered populations in central China, mostly in Sichuan Province, but also in Gansu and Shaanxi Provinces. Giant pandas specialize in eating bamboo, and so if the temperate bamboo forests in the mountains of central China continue to be cut down, there will be no room for giant pandas in the wild. This is why it is so crucial to support conservation research in China, and why we need to have a population of giant pandas in zoos as an insurance policy against extinction. For more details about the Reserves.

Panda gestation length ranges from three to five months, or 90 to 160 days, with an average pregnancy lasting 135 days. This two-month variation in gestation occurs because the fertilized panda egg usually floats free in the mother's uterus before it implants and begins developing. Once the embryo is attached to the uterine wall, its development continues until a panda is born; newborn pandas are blind, very small and without almost any fur. In American black bears, the actual period of time the embryo is developing after implantation is about eight weeks. Pandas' actual development time is probably similar. Much of a panda's physical development occurs after birth.

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