Fun Panda Facts

• Pandas are lighter than a piano
• Pandas are slower than cars
• The panda's habitat is the forest
• The panda's life span is around 20 years
• Pandas live mostly in China
• Pandas are endangered
• Panda's diets consist of mainly bamboo (99%)
• Only about 1,000 pandas live in the wild
• Pandas spend 12 hours a day eating
• Pandas eat very fast
• Pandas have very broad and flat molars which help them crush the food they eat
• The panda has been WWF's logo since 1961
• The panda is the rarest member of the bear family
• They use their enlarged wrist bones as opposable thumbs
• These bears are magnificent climbers, despite their bulky frame
• China has established more than 50 panda reserves, but only 61% of the country's panda population is being protected by these reserves.