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media type="custom" key="4713517"These pandas typically grow to the size of a house cat, there bushy tails add an additional 18 inches. The pandas use their ringed tails as a wraparound blanket in the chilly mountain heights. These animals spend most of their lives in trees. They are most active at night as well as in the gloaming hours of dusk and dawn. Red pandas eat bamboo leaves as well as berries, blossoms, bird eggs, and various plants' small leaves. Their broad teeth and strong jaws allow them to chew bamboo's tough leaves and stalks. They also have a small bony projection on their wrists that helps them grip bamboo stalks. There average lifespan is 8 years in the wild. They weigh 12 to 20 pounds fully grown.