Panda Biology and Behavior

The video from FreeSchool explores the fascinating world of giant pandas, highlighting their unique characteristics, habitat, and diet. It explains how pandas are mammals belonging to the bear family, yet distinct in their inability to roar. Native to China's bamboo forests, pandas primarily consume bamboo, which is low in nutrients, requiring them to eat for long hours. The video also covers pandas' solitary nature, physical traits, and the challenges they face due to habitat loss. Conservation efforts have helped increase their population, but they remain vulnerable. The video emphasizes the importance of protecting pandas and their habitats to prevent extinction.

What are the main characteristics that classify pandas as mammals?

• They have scales and lay eggs.

• They have gills and live underwater.

• They are cold-blooded and have feathers.

• They are warm-blooded, have fur, and feed their babies milk.

What is one major difference between pandas and other bears?

• Pandas hibernate all year round.

• Pandas live in the ocean.

• Pandas cannot roar.

• Pandas can fly.

Where are pandas naturally found?

• In the Arctic tundra.

• In the rainforests of South America.

• In the bamboo forests of southwest China.

• In the deserts of Africa.

What percentage of a panda's diet is bamboo?

• 10-20%

• 30-40%

• 50-60%

• 95-99%

How do pandas grasp bamboo?

• With a special bone in their wrist that acts like a thumb.

• With their teeth.

• With their ears.

• With their tails.

What other foods might pandas eat besides bamboo?

• Nuts and seeds.

• Meat from large animals.

• Grass, fruit, eggs, insects, and rodents.

• Fish, seaweed, and algae.

How do pandas typically live in the wild?

• In large groups.

• In pairs.

• Mostly alone except when mating or caring for a cub.

• In underground burrows.

What is the approximate weight of a male panda?

• 50 pounds or 23 kilograms.

• 100 pounds or 45 kilograms.

• 250 pounds or 114 kilograms.

• 400 pounds or 181 kilograms.

What was the status of pandas in the 1980s?

• They were extinct.

• They were considered a common species.

• They were declared an endangered species.

• They were domesticated.

What is a current threat to the survival of pandas?

• Lack of interest in conservation.

• Too much food availability.

• Their bamboo forest habitats being cut down.

• Overpopulation of pandas.