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#71 Many Chinese philosophers believe that the universe is made from two opposing forces, the Yin and Yang. The panda is one symbol of this philosophy with its contrasting black-and-white fur. The Chinese believe that the gentle nature of the panda demonstrates how the Yin and Yang bring peace and harmony when they are balanced.

#70 It takes about five years for a female cub to become an adult and up to seven years for a male cub.

#69 ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) Female pandas ovulate only once a year. They are fertile only two or three days of the year.

#68 There are only about 240 captive pandas in the world. They are all part of a breeding program.

#67 The ancestor of the giant panda is the Ailurarctos (“cat bear”), which is an extinct genus of the Chinese panda that lived 8 million years ago. The skull of another ancestor, Ailuropoda microta, shows that it was half the size of a modern-day giant panda. Research shows that for the past 3 million years, giant pandas have evolved as a separate linage from other bears.

#66 Pandas have plantigrade feet. This means their entire foot (toes and heel) touches the ground when walking, which is similar to the way humans, other bears, and rodents walk. Other animals, such as dogs, cats, and horses walk with their weight on their toes.

#65 Mother pandas in captivity give birth to twins more often than mothers in the wild do.

#64 More than half of newborn pandas die from diseases or from being accidentally crushed by their mothers.

#63 From 1974-1989, half of the panda’s habitat in China’s Sichuan areas was destroyed by human activity.

#62 A baby panda is almost 2 months old before it is the size of an average human newborn baby. A baby is almost 2 years old when it leaves its mother.

#61 By the end of the first month, the baby panda has all of its spots. Its eyes open around 4-6 weeks.

#60 A panda cub has pink skin, a thin coat of white fur, a long tail, and no teeth. Its eyes are closed.

#59 Giant panda cubs are usually born in August or September and are the size of a stick of butter.

#58 A pair of breeding pandas needs more than 30 km² of land. One giant panda usually needs 10 km² of land to survive.

#57 A panda fur is worth between $60,000 and $100,000 on the illegal trade market.

#56 Young pandas stay with the mothers for as long as three years, which means that a wild panda may raise only three or four cubs in a lifetime.

#55 Panda researchers have counted 11 different panda calls—and four of them are used only when searching for a mate.

#54 An adult giant panda weighs up to 150 kg.

#53 A panda mother is 900 times bigger than her newborn cub, which weighs less than 150 g. In comparison, a 3.5 kg human baby would have a mother that weighed 3,150 kg.

#52 On all fours, a giant panda stands about 0.9 m tall at the shoulder and measures about 1.5 m long. Males are about 10% larger than females.

#51 Although a giant panda’s fur looks silky and soft, it is quite thick and wiry. The hair of an adult giant panda can grow up to 10 cm long.

It is not spamming if I write facts about awesome animals behind my post number ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) #50 Pandas have lived on Earth for two to three million years.

#49 Scientists are unsure why the giant panda has the markings it has. Some biologists believe the panda’s colors are camouflage of light and dark to help the panda hide in the shadows in a bamboo forest. Other scientists believe the black and white markings help the panda keep a steady temperature, or that the colors help the giant panda avoid other pandas. Still other biologists believe that the panda’s large black eyespots make their eyes look bigger and their stare more aggressive.

#48 A panda’s throat has a special lining to protect it from bamboo splinters.

#47 Giant pandas have 42 teeth. Like humans, giant pandas have two sets of teeth in their lifetime.