Hi, the answer you're looking for is usually not until they are 2 years old.
- This may differ if the panda has spent some time in captivity.
- Interestingly, baby pandas don't stop breastfeeding until they are 1 year old and are blind for the first 3 months of their lives. So you can see how dependant on mamma bear they must be!
- Once they hit 5 months, they begin developing quite rapidly, and it is during this period that they mimic their mother and learn survival skills like how to climb trees and how to chew on some tasty bamboo.
- Pandas are very affectionate towards their babies. What's that? You want proof? Well, here's a cute clip of a mama and baby panda meeting each other for the first time then:
