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Polar Bear

is a species of mammal of the order of the carnivores and although there is a great controversy about it, the latest studies of its DNA include it among the members of the bear family (Ursidae), the spectacled bear being its closest relative, although this belongs to the subfamily of tremarctinos. On the other hand, the red panda belongs to a family of its own and independent; Ailuridae The species is highly localized. Native to central China, the giant panda inhabits mountainous regions

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The main food of the panda is bamboo (around 99% of its diet), although it also feeds on fruits, small mammals, fish, and insects. It is a good climber, although it is rarely seen in trees. It adapts to the captivity and thanks to its coat easily supports the winter conditions of its habitat.

Despite belonging to the order of carnivores, the panda is a mostly herbivorous animal, feeding almost exclusively on about 30 species of bamboo cane (99% of its diet consists of bamboo). It is known that the panda also uses insects and eggs as a source of protein. It may also include rodents and deer musk pups.

As a legacy of their carnivorous ancestors their digestive system is not fully adapted to assimilate cellulose molecules, contained in bamboo, so they need to consume between 12 and 38 kg of bamboo per day, a task that can take up to 14 hours. Its strong teeth and jaws are adapted to crush the trunks of the bamboo and reach its pulp.

Although a large consumption of bamboo represents a large consumption of water (40% of the weight of bamboo corresponds to water, a figure that reaches 90% in outbreaks), the panda frequently drinks water from streams or melted snow.

In captivity, their diet consists of bamboo, sugar cane, rice porridge, special cookies with a high fiber content, carrot, apple and sweet potato.

Recently, according to a study conducted at the Shaanxi Center in China for six months, he showed that pandas have a weakness for sugar. They were offered a container with water, and another with water and natural sugars; where they preferred the container with sugar solutions.

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Reproduction

His sense of smell is widely used during the breeding season. The gestation period lasts five months and give birth to one to two totally blind pups weighing only 140 grams. They are born with a pink color and as they grow they acquire their particular color. The average life of a panda is 12 to 20 years. Every 25 years of a panda's life represents 100 years of human life.

Panda breeding approximately one week old in an CIR incubator Chengdu.
The pandas reach sexual maturity between four and seven years of age.

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