Giant Panda Quiz: How Much Do You Really Know?

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1What colour is a newborn giant panda?

Black and white Grey Pink

2A newborn panda weighs about as much as what?

A stick of butter (about 100–200 g) A house cat A small dog

3A panda's so-called 'thumb' is actually what?

A sixth finger An enlarged wrist bone A long claw

4Roughly how many hours a day do giant pandas spend eating?

About 10 to 16 hours About 2 hours About 20 to 24 hours

5Roughly how much of the bamboo they eat do pandas actually digest?

Nearly all of it About half About a fifth

6In 2016, the IUCN changed the giant panda's status from 'Endangered' to what?

Extinct in the wild Vulnerable Least concern

Answer all 6 to see your result, or let the timer finish for you.

Did you know?

Wild giant pandas live only in the mountains of central China.
Pandas occasionally eat small animals or carrion.

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