Two Types of Pandas and How They Live

A Panda has a very limited habitat. A Giant Panda can be found in a small area in Asia. They live around the slopes of the mountains in China and Eastern Tibet. They eat bamboo shoots, which provide too little fat for hibernation. Sometimes they will eat fish and rodents. (China unique) A Red Panda lives around Burma, India, and Nepal. These bears eat bamboo like the Giant Panda, but it also eats acorns and roots. Panda's live in an area "no more than half to three-quarters of a mile in width." (World wild life) They tend to stay away from people, and with the increase of human population, their habitat is becoming smaller.

There are a few threats to the Panda population as well. Panda's are overpopulating the small area they live in. The area is getting smaller as the human population grows and expands. Panda's living in isolated groups is exposed to inbreeding, which lowers their chance to fight off disease, and causes reproductive problems. Poaching is another major threat to Panda's. It does not happen in large numbers or as often, but it does not have to. As few as the Panda population already is, a small amount of poaching is lethal for the Panda population. (World wildlife)

For the behaviors of Panda's, for one they are very shy. Panda's are solitary animals that spend their days looking for food, eating, and sleeping. For this reason it is very difficult to study Panda's in the wild. This is why, at first, it was thought they did not breed well. In captivity, they did not breed well at all. Wild Panda's breed between March and may. They usually have one offspring every two years. A Panda's lifespan is about ten to fifteen years in the wild and about thirty in captivity. (World wild life)