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Giant panda
Ailuropoda melanoleuca
Pandas live in cool bamboo forests in the mountains of central China and spend most of the day eating.
- Weight
- Up to 120 kg
- Size
- 1.8 m long
- Lifespan
- About 20 years
- Top speed
- 32 km/h
- Diet
- Mostly bamboo
- Mammal group
- Placental
How heavy is that?
As heavy as 3 kids (40 kg each)
Where it lives
Three things to know
- Eats 12–38 kg of bamboo a day.
- Its “thumb” is actually a special wrist bone.
- A newborn weighs about 100 g, as much as an apple.
Compare with…
- Weight
- Giant panda120 kgA 10-year-old kid40 kgThe giant panda weighs about 3× as much as the kid
- Size
- Giant panda1.8 mA 10-year-old kid1.4 mThe giant panda is about 1.3× as big as the kid
- Top speed
- Giant panda32 km/hA 10-year-old kid20 km/hThe giant panda is about 1.6× as fast as the kid
- Lifespan
- Giant panda20 yrsA 10-year-old kid80 yrsThe kid can live about 4× as long as the giant panda
Food chain
- BambooProducer
Giant pandaThis animal