Why is the Giant Panda Bear an endangered species?
Bamboo is the food for Pandas. Bamboo trees flower just before they die which maybe between 40 and 80 years depending on the type. The Panda Bears need to go elsewhere to eat when the bamboo flowers. This is not easy to do because people have built roads and towns in the way. So the endangered Panda Bears die. Panda Bears love eating bamboo. But bamboo is also not the healthiest of foods. It consists mainly of sugar. This makes the Panda Bears fat (and therefore cuddly!)and lazy. Thus they are not often in the mood for love and reproduction! A Panda may only engage in reproduction once every 1 to 2 years. The male Panda birth rate is much higher than the female birth rate – so there are many more males than females – another inhibitor in propagation. The female Panda Bear is quite capable of multiple births. This happens often. However they only take care of one – maybe the strongest. The others are abandoned – so only one survives. So, the Giant Panda Bears are not great reproducers a
Bamboo is the food for Pandas. Bamboo trees flower just before they die which maybe between 40 and 80 years depending on the type. The Panda Bears need to go elsewhere to eat when the bamboo flowers. This is not easy to do because people have built roads and towns in the way. So the endangered Panda Bears die. Panda Bears love eating bamboo. But bamboo is also not the healthiest of foods. It consists mainly of sugar. This makes the Panda Bears fat (and therefore cuddly!)and lazy. Thus they are not often in the mood for love and reproduction! A Panda may only engage in reproduction once every 1 to 2 years. The male Panda birth rate is much higher than the female birth rate – so there are many more males than females – another inhibitor in propagation. The female Panda Bear is quite capable of multiple births. This happens often. However they only take care of one – maybe the strongest. The others are abandoned – so only one survives. So, the Giant Panda Bears are not great reproducers a
