Giant pandas spend most of their day eating bamboo, yet they are classified as carnivores and have a special wrist bone that works like a thumb. These riddles cover how pandas live, eat and grow, from tiny newborn cubs to the panda on the WWF logo.
Each riddle has a different answer, so you will learn about Sichuan, Chengdu, the red panda and why pandas do not hibernate.
Easy Panda Riddles for Kids
- I am a black-and-white bear that loves to munch bamboo. What am I? 👉 A giant panda
- I am a baby panda. What am I called? 👉 A cub
- I am a tall, woody grass, and pandas eat me almost all day. What am I? 👉 Bamboo
- I am the only country where giant pandas live in the wild. What am I? 👉 China
- I am the dark patches of fur around a panda’s eyes. What am I? 👉 Eye patches
- I share the panda name, but I am small, red and fluffy with a striped tail. What am I? 👉 The red panda
- Pandas climb me to rest, sunbathe and escape danger. What am I? 👉 Trees
- I am the cool, misty place where wild pandas live, high in the hills. What am I? 👉 Mountain forests
- When pandas are happy or calling to each other, they can make this sheep-like sound. What is it? 👉 A bleat
Panda Fact Riddles
These riddles are based on real panda facts. The note after each answer explains it.
- I am the Chinese province where most wild giant pandas live. What am I? 👉 Sichuan
- I am a city in China with a famous panda breeding and research center. What am I? 👉 Chengdu
- China lends pandas to other countries as a sign of friendship. What is this called? 👉 Panda diplomacy
- A panda can spend up to this many hours a day eating: 2, 6 or 14? 👉 Up to 14 hours
- A panda’s “thumb” is not a real finger. What is it? 👉 An enlarged wrist bone
- A newborn panda is about the size of this. What is it? 👉 A stick of butter (cubs weigh only about 100 to 200 grams at birth)
- Even though pandas eat bamboo, they belong to this group of animals. What is it? 👉 Carnivores
- In 2016, pandas were moved off the endangered list to this safer status. What is it? 👉 Vulnerable
- I am the conservation organization that uses a panda as its logo. What am I? 👉 WWF
- Unlike many bears, pandas never do this in winter. What is it? 👉 Hibernate (bamboo does not give them enough energy to build up fat stores)
- The Chinese name for the giant panda means this. What is it? 👉 Bear cat
- In the wild, when a panda mother has twins, she usually raises this many. How many? 👉 One
Funny Panda Riddles
- Why do pandas love old movies? 👉 They are in black and white
- What is a panda’s favorite breakfast? 👉 Panda-cakes
- What do you call a panda with no teeth? 👉 A gummy bear
- What is black, white and red all over? 👉 A sunburned panda
Panda Brain Teasers
- A panda eats 12 kg of bamboo a day. How much does it eat in a week? 👉 84 kg
- Three pandas each spend 14 hours a day eating. How many eating hours is that in total? 👉 42 hours
- Which weighs more: one adult panda weighing 100 kg, or ten cubs weighing 8 kg each? 👉 The adult panda
- A panda climbs 2 meters up a tree every minute. How high is it after 6 minutes? 👉 12 meters
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