Monday 18 March 2013

MALE AND FEMALE PANDA HABITATS DIFFER





Male and female giant pandas have a choice of different habitats, say scientists.
Panda females prefer coniferous or conifer forests and forest consists of various types of trees in the mountain slopes are high, while male pandas roam a larger area.
Scientists say panda females chose those areas because it provides better protection while giving birth and forests dense bamboo could be a hiding place for baby panda.
These findings will help develop strategies for conserving wild pandas when freed them in the wild.
Details are published in the Journal of Zoology.
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Dunwu Fuwen Qi and Wei Institute of Zoology Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing and his colleagues they studied giant pandas in the Liangshan Mountains in south-central China.
They researched gender panda with a record of their existence through sight and their droppings.
By studying DNA from fecal samples, researchers can determine the sex of the panda they found.
Giant pandas are solitary animals and only live in the high mountains in china.
The scientists already understand the kind of panda habitat necessary for the survival of forest at an altitude above 1,500 meters above sea level with lots of bamboo trees which are their primary food.

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