UMary Allen
Xa sithetha ngeepanda, siqhele ukuthetha ngepanda enkulu okanye ibhere lepanda. Yayikade ibizwa ngokuba yibhere yoqalo okanye ibhere. Sisilwanyana esanyisayo sosapho lwebhere. Kukwakho nepanda encinci, ekwabizwa ngokuba yi "cat bear".
Ipanda ibalasele ngenxa yoboya bayo obumnyama namhlophe. Ingaphezu kwemitha ubude ukusuka empumlweni ukuya ezantsi. Umsila wakhe ngumthi nje omncinci. Inobunzima obumalunga nama-80 ukuya kwi-160 yeekhilogram. Loo nto iphantse yanzima njengendoda enye okanye ezimbini ezikhulileyo.
Iipanda zihlala kuphela kwindawo encinci yaseTshayina. Ngoko ke zisoloko zikho. I-endmic sisilwanyana okanye isityalo esihlala kwindawo ethile kuphela.
Akukho nokuba ngama-2,000 XNUMX kubo abaseleyo endle. Ukhuselwe ngokungqongqo. Yiyo loo nto bekwazile ukuphindaphindeka noko kwiminyaka yakutshanje. Ukuze le panda ingatshabalali, ikhuliswa kwimizi yogcino-zilwanyana emininzi.
Iipanda zilala emiqolombeni okanye kwimingxuma emini. Bavuka ebusuku bekhangela ukutya kwabo. Ubukhulu becala batya amagqabi e-bamboo, kodwa nezinye izityalo, iimopane, kunye nezilwanyana ezincinci ezinomqolo. Kumyezo wogcino-zilwanyana, baye baqhelane nobusi, amaqanda, intlanzi, iziqhamo, ivatala, iibhanana, okanye ibhatata. Bahlala phantsi batye njengabantu.
IiPanda zizilolo. Kuphela entwasahlobo badibana ukuze bafumane iqabane. Emva koko inkunzi ibaleka kwakhona. Umama uthwala amantshontsho akhe esiswini ixesha elingaphantsi nje kweenyanga ezimbini. Emva koko umntwana omnye ukuya kwabathathu uyazalwa. Ngamnye unobunzima obumalunga ne-100 grams, njengebhari yetshokolethi. Kodwa umama ukhulisa omnye wabo.
Ubisi lomongikazi oselula kumama kangangeenyanga ezisibhozo. Noko ke, kwangaphambilana, ikwatya namagqabi. Intshontsho lishiya unina xa linonyaka onesiqingatha ubudala. Nangona kunjalo, ikhula kuphela ngokwesondo malunga neminyaka emihlanu ukuya kwesixhenxe ubudala. Kungoko kuphela enokuthi enze ulutsha. I-panda ihlala ifikelela kwiminyaka engama-20 ubudala.