How do pandas get through the winter? A look at their wintering habits

The panda is our country's national treasure and is extremely cute. Many zoos have them, and some people even go specially to see them. So how do pandas get through the winter?

1. How do pandas get through the winter?

Pandas are not afraid of the cold in winter; they just eat a bit more food than usual. Generally, in a day they need more than 30 jin of bamboo, 3-4 jin of steamed corn bread, 2-3 jin of carrots and some sweet apples.

2. Why are the cubs born to pandas so small?

The giant panda is a very primitive animal. In other words, because the panda belongs to the more primitive mammals - although mammals are basically all viviparous, there is after all an evolutionary process, and the panda belongs to that rather primitive category - the embryo does not develop fully inside the body and cannot, like other higher mammals, wait until the young has developed completely before giving birth. This is also why it needs protection.

The cub's growth process

1. When a panda cub is born from its mother's womb, its body is pink and tender, with sparse white fur. In its first few weeks, the mother giant panda will hold her baby in her arms the whole time, warming it and protecting it, hardly ever leaving its side, and carrying it in her mouth when she moves. Within one month, the panda cub will slowly grow black ears, eye patches and so on, and will gradually come to look like its mother.

2. After the panda cub is three months old, it begins to be curious about everything and starts crawling on its own to explore the world. They are also very mischievous, always doing all kinds of things to attract people's attention, and are very cute.

4. During this period the panda cub does nothing but eat and sleep; once it has energy it starts being mischievous, waiting for time to pass, and finally it grows up. Look at this adult giant panda - how round its body is. It surely has never eaten little; otherwise how would it be so fat?