Can You Ace This Giant Panda Quiz?

By: Jessinia Ruff
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Can You Ace This Giant Panda Quiz?
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About This Quiz

Pandas are known for their cute, rolly-polly qualities. This vulnerable species touches many hearts and often cause a PANDAmonium across the internet. Think you can answer all of these panda questions? You may learn some fun facts!
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How big are baby Giant pandas when they're born?
Size of a bread loaf
Size of a stick of butter
Size of a human newborn
Size of a teacup
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The baby panda is one of the smallest mammals upon birth in relation to how big their parents are. They'll reach the size of a human newborn after two months of normal growth and stick by their mother's side until they're two years old.

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Young pandas eating bamboo
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Do you know how many Giant pandas are left in the wild?
478
7,560
1,864
4,367
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As of 2014, there are about 1,864 Giant Pandas roaming around their natural habitats. This population number was a significant increase from just over 1,000 in the 1980s and caused the species to be removed from the endangered list.

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What does the panda symbolize in China?
Peace
A warrior
Kindness
Joy
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Pandas are a symbol of peace for the people of China. This animal is considered a national treasure and appeared on flags in battles as a symbol to stop fighting or call for a truce.

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A panda's diet is 99% bamboo. Do you know how many pounds they eat on average in one day?
60-75 pounds
200-250 pounds
25-30 pounds
5-10 pounds
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Pandas can't turn much of their food into nutrients, so they spend all day eating to get enough food to survive. They can eat up to 100 pounds in a day, especially in springtime.

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How do pandas protect their throats from splinters while eating bamboo?
Excess saliva
Peeling it
Chewing the same stalk multiple times
A lining in their throat
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Pandas can peel and eat a stalk of bamboo in under a minute. Eating so quickly could cause splinters, but the panda has adapted to have a lining in their throat that lets all their food slide down smoothly.

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