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Newborn Pandas (0-4 months)
Giant pandas are born tiny (about 100g or 4 ounces), blind, white and helpless. The mother cradles her tiny cub in a paw and doesn't leave the den for several days after giving birth, even to drink. Reference -
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Panda Life Cycle
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Independence (1.5-2 years)
Giant pandas are fully mature and able to breed at four to six years old (females at four, males at six), while captive giant pandas mature two to three years earlier. Reference -
Cub-hood (4-24 months)
Cubs start to eat bamboo around six months and are fully weaned at nine months. Cubs easily die in the wild because they are so small and defenseless. The mother has to leave them alone in the den to eat for four hours a day. Giant pandas weigh about 45 kg (100 lb) at one year. Reference -
Maturity (4-6 years)
Panda cubs grow quickly. They stay with their mother for one and a half to two years. When cubs leave their mother depends on if she conceives. They are fully grown in four years (up to 150 kg). Reference -
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Born tiny, blind, and pink; baby pandas develop black and white pattern in a month, and begin to crawl at three months. (https://youtu.be/49kgbE5kduY) -
Life Expectancy (20 years)
Wild pandas live up to 20 years in the wild. With medical and nutritional help in captivity, pandas can live more than 30 years. The oldest recorded panda was Jiajia in Hong Kong's Ocean Park. She died at 38 in 2016.Reference
