LIVE GIANT PANDA WEBCAM IN CHINA
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- Location: Wolong Panda Centre, Wolong Nature Reserve, China
- Source: Explore Bears and Bison
- Info: Live streaming webcam showing giant pandas at the Wolong Panda Centre in China. Wolong Panda Centre, or Wolong National Nature Reserve is considered to be the real hometown of wild pandas. It is located 130km northwest of Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province.
More info: The Wolong Panda Centre is concerned with scientific research, captive breeding and reintroduction of pandas into the wild. A large bamboo forest covering 275.6 hectares (about 680 acres) is being planted for the captive Giant Pandas.
Giant pandas are also called great pandas, parti-colored bears, bamboo bears and white bears and in the wild, are only found in the remote, mountainous regions of central China, in Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu provinces. In these areas, between 5,000 and 10,000 feet are the cool, wet bamboo forests that giant panda's call home.
Giant pandas make their dens from hollowed-out logs or stumps of conifer trees found within the forest. Giant pandas spend around 12 hours a day eating bamboo and consume about 12.5 kg. The pandas have to consume large amounts of bamboo as it is quite low in nutrients and for this reason they will seek out new plants with fresh shoots and leaves. Giant pandas have a special bone that extends from their wrists called a "pseudo-thumb," which helps them to hold and manipulate the bamboo.
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