Giant Pandas, scientifically known as Ailuiopodidae melanoleuca and as dà xióng māo in Chinese, is a mammal classified in the bear family that mainly live in central-western and southwestern China

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Thank you for your email. We had a wonderful holiday with China Highlights.

There were so many "best things" but it would have to be the visit and holding of a six month old Panda. Something you only do once in your life. Even if we had not been able to have a photo taken with the Pandas it was the "best thing" just to visit the research centre and see what amazing things they have achieved there.

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Giant Panda in Sichuan, China The average life expectancy of Giant Pandas is 15 years and the age of sexual maturity is 6.5 to 7.5 years. Mating season is around April, and babies are usually born in September of the same year. A pregnant Giant Panda usually gives birth to 1 baby and on rare occasion twin are born. A baby is only 100 to 200grams when it is just born and a month later 1 kilogram.They born with black and white hair, but can’t walk or see. At three months old baby the begins to learn to walk and its sight reaches to normality. At half a year old the baby begins to learn living skills, and after another half a year it will leave its mother and live alone. The sex ratio of wild Giant Pandas is 1:1.