PANDA

Pandas are born looking like baby badgers — fur-less, pink, and blind. The iconic black and white colour comes later, after about three weeks. Not all giant pandas are black and white! A few are brown and white, but these are very rare.

Pandas are usually born in August, because the panda's mating months are March to May and gestation is 3 to 5 months. Females mainly produce two offspring, but only the stronger one survives in the wild. In the research bases in Chengdu, the other twin is hand-reared, and swapped regularly with the mother so she can raise two cubs each pregnancy. Some of the money you pay in entrance fees funds this successful project.

WHERE WILL YOU FIND THEM

You will find pandas next to the Panda Canyon