Panda Bear Eating Bamboo

Panda Bear Eating Bamboo. Panda bear eating bamboo at Madrid Zoo Aquarium Stock Photo Alamy While they are almost entirely vegetarian, pandas will sometimes hunt for pikas and other small rodents Giant panda Hu Bao eats bamboo at Bifengxia base in Ya'an, Sichuan province, in this file photo taken September 3, 2012.

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In August, females return to the lower elevations and deliver tiny, pink panda babies But they do branch out, with about 1% of their diet comprising other plants and even meat

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If you're a panda bear, there's one thing you do a lot: eat bamboo Bamboo contains very little nutritional value so pandas must eat 12-38kg every day to meet their energy needs In August, females return to the lower elevations and deliver tiny, pink panda babies

Large Adult Panda Bear Eating Bamboo Stock Image Image of adult, herbivorous 53922965. Pandas do display some adaptations for eating bamboo, but at the same time, like most of their closest relatives, much of their physiology appears to be set up for eating meat In the spring, pandas switch from the leaves of one kind of bamboo, wood bamboo, to its shoots, which are rich in nitrogen and phosphorous

Giant panda bear eating bamboo in Chiang Mai Zoo, Thailand Stock Photo Alamy. The panda's choice to eat bamboo, despite its origins as a carnivorous bear, is a fascinating example of evolutionary adaptability. For example, pandas have molars that are good for chewing bamboo.