Do Giant Pandas Bite Humans? Understanding the Temperament and Danger of Giant Pandas

Giant pandas do bite people, but this rarely happens. Generally, when they are startled or feel pain, discomfort or unease, or when they have no way to escape, they will suddenly bite. This is basically a conditioned reflex behavior. A startled giant panda will be more alert for the next few days, but will soon return to normal, so you must be careful when approaching them.

What Food Do Giant Pandas Eat?

Giant pandas mainly eat bamboo. 99% of a giant panda's food is bamboo, and there are more than 60 species in 12 genera of bamboo that giant pandas can eat. In addition, wild giant pandas occasionally eat some animal carcasses or other plants. Giant pandas like to eat a relatively wide variety of bamboo, and Fargesia is just one of the more common types. These bamboos grow year-round under the canopy of subalpine dark coniferous forests, montane dark coniferous forests, montane mixed coniferous and broad-leaved forests, and montane evergreen broad-leaved forests, at elevations ranging from 700 to 3500 m, and the staple bamboo species differ among different mountain ranges. The diet of giant pandas varies with mountain range and season, and in different seasons they eat different types of bamboo or different parts of the same bamboo species. In spring and summer they most love to eat different types of bamboo shoots, in autumn they mainly feed on bamboo leaves, and in winter they mainly feed on bamboo culms.

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