Black and white, fluffy and cute. These are just some ways to describe pandas. But how much do you really know about these cute and fluffy animals? Besides the fact that they are from China and they are cute? Read these 10 facts about pandas to find out more about or to test your knowledge and to look at cute pictures of these adorable animals.

1. They are the size of an American black bear.

They stand between two and three feet tall and four to six feet long.

2. They are endangered

There are only about 1,600 Pandas in the wild, and 300 pandas in zoos.

3. They mainly eat bamboo

In the wild, pandas mainly eat bamboo and small rodents. In the zoo they eat apples, carrots, bamboo, etc.

4. They live to be 20 years old

But some researchers in China have reported that they can live to be 35, But that has yet to happen.

5. Female pandas are fertile up to three days a year

The mother will give birth after 160 days. The mother will usually produce two cubs but one usually dies.

6. They spend half of their lives preparing and eating bamboo

Their habitat is in danger because people keep cutting down their food supply.

7. Pandas have lived on Earth for two to three million years

If people keep harming them, then their time on earth will end.

8. Pandas have the same eyesight as cat

This allows them to see in the dark.

9. Researchers have to wear panda costumes to approach pandas

This is so the panda does not attack when the researchers are near them.

10. Pandas are usually born in August

This is because their mating months are from March to May, and their gestation is three to five months long.