Pandas make a sound like a sheep bleating, but they can make 11 different sounds for different situations. The purpose of the pandas' black eye patches may be to make their eyes look bigger and scarier to other animals. Pandas' fur is slightly oily to make it waterproof. Each panda lives alone. Male and female pandas get together only for mating and then separate after a day or two.
Pandas keep track of other pandas by scent marking trees.
If a female panda gives birth to two babies, she is able to take care of only one of them. Pandas live for about thirty years in captivity. Their only natural enemies are humans. Pandas are very endangered because of the destruction of their environment and hunting by poachers for their fur. There are fewer than 1000 pandas left in the world - only 16 of these are outside China.