Pandas constitute a breed of animals that seeks a whole lot of love and admiration from people in all quarters across the world. They have millions of fans all around, who love them for their looks, gait, furry bodies and unique nature. The pandas have beautiful flurry skin and attractive persona. However, there isn’t much proof of how these pandas react, mingle and behave when out gambolling in the wild.
GPS Tracker Based Research
Researchers have been putting in their efforts to gauge the behaviour and nature of these pandas out in wilderness. A new GPS-device based study (traditionally banned by many governments including the Chinese) has made pragmatic study a reality.
This latest study has duly been published in the esteemed Journal of Mammalogy, wherein researchers from Michigan State University came up with details pertaining to how the giant pandas move, their behaviour and the overall patterns of life are!
Five Pandas Were Tracked
The researchers have tracked down five giant, wild pandas electronically over a couple of years; the adult females were Zhong Zhong, Pan Pan and Mei Mei, an adult male Chuan Chuan and a young female named Long Long. Jindong Zhang and Vanessa Hull – coauthors of this study revealed that the pandas are elusive creatures.
It is really difficult to track and observe this species in the wild. Often there were instances wherein the researchers hardly had an inkling of where the pandas exactly were located or heading towards.
Study Lasted Two Years
This latest study is indeed a sneak peek into the secretive lives and behaviours of the pandas and their societies. The researchers mentioned that this was one of the rarest and great opportunities. The researchers devoted two complete years – 2010 to 2012 to capture and duly track down the pandas, in the wild.
Pandas Enjoy Company: Study
The holistic study revealed that pandas enjoyed company of their ilk for weeks together. This hushes the belief that pandas are solitary creatures. One of the researchers, Hull, stated that it cannot be mere fluke that these pandas are out in same locations for days on end together.