While their average life span in the wild is about 15 years, giant pandas in captivity have been known to live into their 20s. Social Activity Pandas live a solitary existence. Except during the very brief mating season in late spring or early summer when several males may come together and compete for a female, pandas rarely socialize. Most of the panda's life is spent foraging for food and eating on its own. The range of an individual giant panda is shared with other bears.
Males have larger home ranges which overlap the home ranges of several females.
The size of the home range of a giant panda is quite small when compared to the home ranges of other bear species. Giant pandas are one of the four bear species who do not hibernate. The reasons for this are twofold. Second, they live in a habitat zone where food is available on a year round basis. Threats Today it is estimated that only 1,000 of these black and white animals remain, all confined to the bamboo forests of southwestern China.