Though farming, forest clearing, and other industrial development has chased Giant Panda populations deeper and deeper into the mountains, these large, gentle bears still graze in mountainous regions of central China.
The giant panda is about the same size as the average American Black Bear. They dine almost exclusively on bamboo, which means hours and hours of chewing the reedy stalks in order to get enough nutrition to survive. Pandas also get a majority of the water in their diet from the broken-down bamboo stalks, which contain large amounts of water.
Typically solitary creatures, the Giant Panda lives and cares for offspring for up to three years in the wild.
