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Giant Pandas have unique and special markings on their bodies.
Giant Pandas are white all over with black patches of fur around certain body parts. The black patches can be found around their eyes, ears, feet, legs, chest and shoulders. Their coloring is a camouflage for the Giant Panda to stay safe. They blend right into the snowy and rocky habitat they call home
Their markings are like our names. So, if you meet a Giant Panda with three dots on his head, and later you meet a panda with one dot on his head, you’ll know which is which. That’s how you tell them apart.
Giant Pandas can grow up to 6 feet tall and are between 175 to 275 pounds.
A Giant Panda’s fur is waterproof and very thick. They have two types of hair on their bodies: 1. Long, thick, coarse hair on top 2. Short, fine, dense underhair Giant Pandas have unique paws. Their paws are large and have short claws on their five fingers. Their paws also have an extra bone that acts like a thumb. It helps them to climb onto tree bark and grasp bamboo shoots and leaves better. They also like to climb into trees to take naps.
Giant Pandas are called “giant cat bears” by the Chinese. They are called this because their pupils are vertical (up and down) and not round. Their pupils look like a cats’ eyes. They see really well.
Giant Pandas make a lot of sounds. They can bark like a dog, honk like a goose and bleat like a sheep.
*camouflage: coloring or covering that makes animals, people, and objects look like what is around them.
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