Behavior Pandas spend most of their time by themselves. Most avoid direct contact with others of their own kind. At a stage in their life, pandas are forced to spend time with each other. In the spring, males and females must find each other in order to mate. In autumn, the females give birth to one cub which will live with her for the next 18 months or more.
Pandas usually avoid contact with each other in the wild.
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.