What Do You Know About Pandas?

I was having breakfast with my friend Audrey last week, and we started talking about pandas, why I don't know.  I asked her the following question:  "Why do pandas, such a large animal, have such small babies?''  She didn't have the answer, and she thought it might have something to do with the fact that pandas have a pouch.  My research never gave me the answer, but here are a few interesting facts I did find out about pandas.
1.  Pandas are members of the bear family, although they do not hibernate.  Who knew?
2.  The species is 1-2million years old.
3.  Pandas live exclusively in China, in a few isolated, mountain regions, due to destruction of their habitat for farming and human settlement.
4.  Pandas are slow breeders, with a low sex drive.  Usually only 1-2 cubs are born, and in the wild it is likely only 1 will survive.
5.  Pandas eat bamboo, up to 30 pounds per day.  Bamboo is not very nutritious, thus the must eat a lot.  Because they eat such a fibrous diet, they poop a lot, up to 40 times a day!
6.  The breeding season is between March and May, and gestation period is 3-5 months.  Baby pandas are born without fur.

7.  There are only about 2,000 pandas left in the wild, but due to conservation efforts, that number is expected to rise.
8.  Pandas are solitary animals.  They are also lazy, doing very little all day.

So there you have it.  Pandas have become the poster child for endangered species.  Zoos have spent lots of money on breeding programs to save the panda, and it seems to have worked.  Their numbers are increasing in the wild.  Unfortunately I still don't have the answer to why they have such small babies.