General knowledge

Question 1

Why are they becoming endangered?

Answer 1

They are running out of room to live naturally in China

Question 2

How many hours a day does a panda spend eating?

Answer 2

12 hours

Question 3

What physical activities is a panda capable of doing?

Answer 3

They like to wrestle, roll around and do somersaults

Question 4

What sound does a panda make?

Answer 4

They make bleating sounds

Question 5

How many pounds of food can a panda consume in a day?

Answer 5

80

Question 6

What do pandas like to eat?

Answer 6

Bamboo

Question 7

Where can you find wild pandas?

Answer 7

Only in China

Question 8

How many giant pandas are left in the wild?

Answer 8

1600

Question 9

Why are baby pandas helpless?

Answer 9

They are blind for the first two months

Question 10

What do pandas have that protects them from scolding temperatures?

Answer 10

They have thick fur

Question 11

Why can’t panda’s hibernate?

Answer 11

It is impossible for them to accumulate enough fat to last the entire winter, especially with a diet based on bamboo

Question 12

What kinds of activities do pandas do in zoos?

Answer 12

Pandas are very flexible and like to do somersaults. They also like to play with piles of ice or puzzles made of bamboo with food inside.

Question 13

Why are pandas the symbol for peace in China?

Answer 13

Pandas are seen as peaceful animals because they rarely feed on other animals. This comes from the ancient belief that pandas fed on copper and iron. The panda was also depicted on flags to signal surrender during wartime

Question 14

Are pandas always very large?

Answer 14

No. At birth, pandas are 1/900th the size of its mother.

Question 15

When did the panda first come to the US?

Answer 15

The first panda came to the US in 1936. It came to the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago.

Question 16

How do pandas consume so much bamboo at a time?

Answer 16

Pandas have a thick oesophagus in order to swallow large pieces of bamboo

Question 17

What kind of shelter does the giant panda need?

Answer 17

Pandas often sleep under trees. Bamboo is also a source of shelter for the giant panda

Question 18

Are Panda bears dangerous to humans?

Answer 18

Giant pandas are normally peaceful animals and bamboo-eaters, but they have been known to attack humans. Because of their size (up to 150 kg, 330 lb.) this could be dangerous. This is very rare, and probably the result of some sort of provocation.

Question 19

Are panda’s bears?

Answer 19

The giant panda is a member of the bear family, which scientists call the Ursidae. Among the bears, it is most closely related to the spectacled bear of South America. Scientists no longer believe that giant pandas are more like raccoons than bears.

Question 20

Do panda’s have pouches?

Answer 20

Giant pandas are not marsupials (pouched mammals).

Question 21

Why are panda’s so endangered?

Answer 21

The biggest threats to pandas are not their age-old enemies in the wild, but every day human actions. Predators might take the odd cub but humans are the greatest threat to pandas.

In particular, pandas are threatened by habitat loss and fragmentation, and by people hunting other animals and harvesting plants in the forests.

Question 22

Are Giant Panda’s solitary?

Answer 22

Yes, Giant pandas are generally solitary.

Question 23

How do Panda’s mark their territory?

Answer 23

While roaming their territories, they mark their routes by spraying urine, clawing tree trunks, and rubbing against objects.

Question 24

How long do panda’s live for?

Answer 24

A panda’s average life span in the wild is 14-20 years.

But they can live up to 30 years in captivity.

Question 25

Can Panda’s have twins?

Answer 25

Pandas normally give birth to single young

Twins seem to be born more frequently in captivity, when artificial insemination is used.