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Giant pandas are chubby, like bears, with round heads and short tails. Head and trunk length 1.2- 1.8m, tail length 10- 12cm. The weight is 80- 120 kg, and the maximum weight can reach 180 kg. Pandas are slightly heavier, and males are generally slightly larger than females.

Giant pandas spend half their eating time every day, and most of the rest time in sleep. In the wild, giant pandas sleep for 2-4 hours between meals. Lying flat, lying on the side, prone, stretching or curling are their favorite sleep styles. In the zoo, the keepers feed them regularly, twice a day, so the pandas spend the rest of their time resting.

Extended data:

First, the diet method

Giant pandas need to spend nearly half their time eating every day. The digestive tract of giant pandas retains the characteristics of their ancestors, similar to carnivores, with relatively short digestive tract, sharp canine teeth, single stomach, no cecum, relatively sharp claws and developed meat pads.

In the process of slow evolution, it gradually evolved into the staple food of high-fiber bamboo, and evolved some structural characteristics that adapted to bamboo, such as masseter muscle and protruding teeth. In addition to five toes, the front paws have evolved into fake thumbs, which is convenient for holding bamboo.

Second, the status quo of race.

The distribution area of giant pandas is already quite narrow. In fact, its distribution is limited to the southern slope of Qinling Mountain in Shaanxi, China, Minshan Mountain, Qionglai Mountain, Daxiangling Mountain and Xiaoxiangling Mountain in Sichuan, and it lives in deciduous broad-leaved forest, mixed coniferous forest and subalpine coniferous forest belt at an altitude of 1400-3600 meters.

The total area is 29,500 square kilometers. Due to human factors, such as mountains, rivers or highways, cultivated land, etc., each area is divided into smaller units. So the actual habitat area is less than 20% of the total area, only about 5900 square kilometers.

There are 30 small populations in China, with a total population of about 1000. Except for Wolong in Sichuan, each population is less than 50, and some are only 10. Broken habitats and isolated living conditions are very unfavorable for giant pandas to breed and resist natural disasters.

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