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How Giant Pandas Communicate?

How Giant Pandas Communicate?

 


As we have seen, pandas normally live alone unless it is time

to mate. Butthey do have ways of communicating. They can use

their good sense of smell to detect messages from one

another. One panda will rub its backside against a tree,

leaving a sticky liquid there that another panda can

smell. By sniffing this “message,” another panda, who

comes along later on, can tell that the first panda has

been there, how long ago it was there, and whether it

was a male or a female. This behavior is called scent-marking.

Many animals use this means of communication.

Giantpandaskeepintouchthroughscent-marking all year long.

But it is most important in the mating season, when the male

and female pandas must find each other. Then pandas, who are

normally very quiet, also communicate by making a lot of noise.

To find each other, they yip, they bark, they even moo.

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