10 Adorable Facts about Giant Pandas

Giant pandas are arguably the world’s cutest animals. Scientists believe their oversized heads, cute little noses, and toddling gates (they can even somersault) remind us human infants, which can elicit “oohs“ and “aahs“ from even the most hard-hearted of us. Learn more and brighten your day with these interesting giant panda facts. 1. A group of giant pandas is called an “embarrassment.” 2. Female giant pandas are fertile just 3 days during the year. 3. The giant panda’s scientific name is Ailuropoda melanoleuca, which means “black and white cat-foot.” 4. According to many Chinese philosophers, the gentle panda’s black and white coloring demonstrates how the two opposing forces in nature, the yin and the yang, bring peace and harmony when they are balanced. 5. A giant panda mother is 900 times bigger than her newborn cub, which weighs less than 5 oz. In comparison, an 8-pound human baby would h