Pandas live in around 20 isolated habitats (red) in Gansu, Sichuan and Shaanxi provinces, China. The mountain pass between between Wanglang and Baihe Nature Reserves in the Minshan Mountains. Sichuan, China.
It is rare success story for environmental protection and wildlife conservation in China: The nation's once-a-decade survey has found China's wild pandas
In the wild, 99 percent of a panda's diet consists of leaves, stems and shoots of the bamboo plant
hile the remainder is made up of flowers, vines, grasses, green corn, honey and small rodents. Pandas in captivity are fed bamboo, sugar cane, rice gruel, carrots, apples and sweet potatoes.
1. Giant pandas (often referred to as simply 'pandas') are black and white bears. In the wild, they are found in thick bamboo forests, high up in the mountains of central China - you can check out our cool facts about China, here!