Male and female giant pandas prefer different habitats

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Male and female giant pandas prefer to use different habitats, say scientists.

Female pandas frequent high altitude conifer forests and mixed forests on steeper slopes, whereas males roam more widely, researchers found.

Females prefer these areas as they provide den sites for birthing and dense bamboo cover in which baby pandas can hide.

The discovery could inform strategies for conserving wild pandas and releasing them back into the wild.