A Giant Panda eats 28 pounds of bamboo a day. 99% of their diet is bamboo. They chew bamboo nearly all day long and they have an extra thumb to grasp the bamboo. Their jaws are incredibly strong just to crunch and then eat the bamboo stem!
Bamboo stalks vary in sizes. To give you an idea, Pandas eat 20-40 pounds of bamboo each day to provide them with the nutrients they need.
About 20-40 pounds but the amazing part is that they really only digest 1/5 of it! Feedback on the answer
Panda bears eat 14 pounds of bamboo every day!
A Giant Panda eats 25 to 40 pounds of bamboo a day.
Adult pandas eat about 40-80 pounds of food a day, 99% of which is bamboo. The other 1% is things like grasses, shrubs, roots, vines and weeds. In captivity they are fed rice, meat, eggs, milk, sugar cane, fruit, carrots, potatoes, honey, bread, and vitamin and mineral supplements along with bamboo.
Pandas eat about half their weight in food each day. This means they consume 15 to 30 kilograms (33 to 66 pounds) of food per day. This volume of food is requires as they are eating hard to digest material (bamboo) and aren't very good at extracting nutrients from it.
It eats at least 50 pounds of bamboo a day
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A single Giant Panda can eat anywhere from 9,500 - 30,600 lbs (4 - 14 tonnes) yearly depending on the other foods available and weather conditions, and activity levels. They will on average eat what their body needs to maintain good health, the weather conditions, and any other sources of food, all have an impact on the amount consumed. For more details, please see sites listed below.
Pandas eat about half their weight in food each day. This means they consume 15 to 30 kilograms (33 to 66 pounds) of food per day. This volume of food is requires as they are eating hard to digest material (bamboo) and aren't very good at extracting nutrients from it.
20kg for an adult panda. 99% of its diet is bamboo, and 1% is meat, fruit and other stuff.
The average giant panda eats as much as 9 to 14 kg (20 to 30 lb) of bamboo shoots a day to compensate for the limited energy content of its diet.
The average giant panda eats as much as 9 to 14 kg (20 to 30 lb) of bamboo shoots a day to compensate for the limited energy content of its diet.