In their habitat, their coat helps make them conspicuous to each other, and prevents them from surprising one another by approaching too close to one another. Pandas show their readiness to fight by lowering their heads to between their front legs, often hiding their eyes with their paws. This position is usually present in females during mating. Aggression is shown by a bark that would send an opponent scampering up the nearest tree. Over fifteen different kinds of bamboo grow within the region.
Pandas can be very picky eaters.
Pandas need a great deal of food to keep alive. They must eat great amounts of bamboo every day in order to get enough nutrition to survive. Every day they eat for 12 to 16 hours. Occasionally, they catch and eat a small bird or mammal. Life Cycle and Young Female pandas do not normally mate until they are 5 to 7 years of age.