What kind of bamboo does the panda eat?

The common edible bamboo species of giant pandas in the wild are: cold arrow bamboo, August bamboo, true bamboo, big leaf bamboo, Indocalamus, arrow bamboo, short cone jade bamboo, northern back jade bamboo, Erzhu, yellow bamboo, rough bamboo, Phyllostachys pubescens and so on.

The edible bamboos commonly used for captive giant pandas are Bambusa Bambusa, Dendrocalamus spinulosus, Bambusa bambusa, Phyllostachys angustifolia and Phyllostachys pubescens, also known as Meng Zongzhu, Lengzhu, Juzhu, Bambusa bambusa, Chimonobambusa, etc.

The captive giant panda takes bamboo as its staple food, and the supplementary food is concentrated feed mainly made of grain. The main raw materials of concentrated feed are corn, soybean, rice and wheat. After cleaning, these raw materials are processed by special technology according to a certain proportion and become the food of giant pandas. All foods of giant pandas have strict selection criteria, and safety and nutrition tests are needed before use.

Only food that meets the requirements can be finally provided to giant pandas. Bamboo is the key to the growth, health and normal reproduction of giant pandas. With the improvement of giant panda breeding technology, people gradually realize that alpine or subalpine bamboo, which provides pandas with favorite food, plays an important role in their health and normal reproduction.

Extended data:

Giant pandas live in the high mountains and deep valleys in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River in China, which is the windward side of the southeast monsoon. The climate is warm, cool and humid, and its humidity is often above 80%. They are wet animals.

Giant pandas are distributed in Minshan, Qionglai, Liangshan, Daxiangling, Xiaoxiangling and Qinling, spanning 45 counties (cities) in Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu provinces, with a habitat area of more than 20,000 square kilometers and a population of about 1600, of which more than 80% are distributed in Sichuan.

Their active areas are mostly in ravines, mountainside depressions, river valley terraces and so on. , generally in the gentle slope terrain below 20. These places have lush forests, good bamboo growth, relatively stable temperature, good hidden conditions and abundant food and water resources. ?

Giant pandas live in dense bamboo forests at an altitude of 2,600-3,500 meters. The air here is thin and foggy all the year round, and the temperature is below 20℃. Other factors will also affect the distribution and density of giant pandas in the wild: bamboo, topography, distribution of water sources, whether there are hiding places and nests for feeding cubs, and mountain conditions. Human disturbance is the main factor affecting the distribution of giant pandas at present. ?

Giant pandas are not afraid of cold and humidity and never hibernate. Even if the temperature is -4- 14℃, they still walk through the dense bamboo forest bent by snow. They are not afraid of humidity, and always love to live in a humid world with humidity above 80%.

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