July to September is the period during which mother pandas give birth.
March to May is the "falling in love" period for pandas. A baby panda stays in its mother's uterus for just 3 to 5 months.
If you visit Chengdu Panda Base between late August and December, you will have a greater chance of seeing tiny newborns and cuddly babies.
All pandas are born very small. The average weight is 100g (0.2 pound), which is only 1/900 of their mother's weight (compared to about 1/20 for humans).
The lightest one on record was only 36g (0.1 pound) and the heaviest one was 210g (0.5 pound).
Why are baby pandas so tiny?
According to experts, "the tiny birth size is definitely a result of evolution over millions of years. It is a kind of breeding strategy.
The strategy is due to the fact that pandas subsist almost entirely on bamboo, which has a very low nutritional value".
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