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Jul 9, 2014 · Pandas are one of the world's most fascinating vegetarians. Their digestive systems evolved to process meat, yet they eat nothing but bamboo—all day, every day. A new study reveals how these animals survive on a diet that should kill them.
The simple answers is: bamboo. A panda's daily diet consists almost entirely of the leaves, stems and shoots of various bamboo species. Bamboo contains very little nutritional value so pandas must eat 12-38kg every day to meet their energy needs. But they do branch out, with about 1% of their diet comprising other plants and even meat.
Jul 15, 2014 · The new study answers this question: Pandas consume a mix of two bamboo species, as well as several parts of the plant, in order to meet their dietary needs. Eating Right. Giant pandas have only recently acquired their herbivorous lifestyles.
Mar 14, 2016 · Pandas subsist almost entirely on bamboo, eating from 26 to 84 pounds per day. Though solitary animals, pandas still communicate with one another through vocalization and scent marking . They spray urine, claw tree trunks and rub against objects to mark their paths.
In the wild pandas will consume between 10 and 15 KILOS of bamboo A DAY. Within a fortnight the average panda will have eaten well over it’s own bodyweight in bamboo. Pandas have to munch this obscene quantity for two reasons: Bamboo isn’t all that nutritious.
In spring and summer, they like eating different kinds of shoots; in autumn, they enjoy the leaves of bamboo; in winter, their main diet is bamboo roots. With very little nutritional value in bamboo, pandas must eat 23–40 kg (50–90 lb) every day to meet their energy needs.
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Jul 9, 2015 · Pandas, whose ancestors were carnivores, possess a digestive system that evolved to handle a meat diet even though bamboo now makes up about 99 percent of their food. Bamboo is tough to...
