What would a trip to the Chengdu region be without a visit to the Institute of Giant Panda Breeding to see the lovely pandas ? Tip: Go early in the morning because after snarfing down lots of bamboo , pandas eating food to go (like us) and sleep for hours.
The Institute of animal giant panda does not open until 09:00 , time to go . It took over an hour to get through all the traffic. People make left turns at traffic lights, going through a red light, will oppose the proposal of another ... and then there are bikes and scooters that go in all directions. Nervewracking . At first I thought , inflate ... it will only be like going to a zoo ... then see two pandas and let ... As wrong person could be. One of the most amazing experiences of our lives. The grounds of the Institute are huge and spread over several acres . We left the car in the parking lot ( fortunately without too many tour bus again) and started walking in the park, heading straight for pregnant panda.
- Use DNA paternity proceeding pandas .
- Kindergarten containing one year old panda .
- The last born in a manger born 03/07/07 . A newborn premature and is essentially a type of hairless rat looks like a baby. There were at least 5-6 incubators and baby pandas on them , including a double pandas months together. It is impossible to describe what these cute little babies were .
- Pandas are only 1-2 pups in each litter of twins born 45% of the time. In nature, the panda mother can not take care of a baby and the other will die.
- After mating pandas lead solitary lives separate and rethink their own territory. Because of this , they have struggled to find each other to mate. One of the reasons we are so threatened. The Institute mainly used for artificial insemination.
- In the wild, pandas live in caves or hollow trees , at an altitude of 2000-3000 m / 6.500 to 9.800 . Living next to the rivers for drinking water . Eat about 22 pounds per day kilos/48 . If they eat bamboo shoots 40 books kilos/88 if eating stems kilos/37 17 pounds if you eat leaves and branches kilos/22-30 10-14 pounds. They are carnivores, but they live in bamboo and eat 16 every 24 hours.
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- Pandas love to climb trees to escape danger , enjoy the sun and play.
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