What do giant pandas mainly eat?
Giant pandas eat bamboo and grass but their main meal is bamboo. Pandas eat bamboo stalks from bamboo trees. Occasionally you can find a panda eating a little critter but other than that it eats only bamboo. Only about 1% of their diet is made up of other plants and meat. As members of the bear family, giant pandas possess the same digestive system of a carnivore. But they differ in the sense that they have adapted to a vegetarian diet.
This behaviour defines their lives in many ways, since they will often rely on living close to areas where bamboo is abundant. This leaves them vulnerable to any loss of bamboo habitat – a key threat to their survival.
What are your thoughts on this subject?
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John W Shreve
Somebody had to tell this: A panda walks into a restaurant, orders a meal, eats, produces a pistol and fires a shot. He then walks towards the door. The waiter stops him and says, "What's the matter with you?" The panda produces a book about animals and shows him an entry: "Panda. A black and white bear-like marsupial native to China. Eats shoots and leaves."
fdeisner
I chose bamboo. After getting the question right I looked up bamboo as I thought it was a type of grass making two answers possible for this question.
Bamboo plant. Bamboos are a group of woody perennial evergreen plants in the true grass family Poaceae. Some of its members are giants, forming by far the largest members of the grass family.
tbear
Spent three hours watching the ones at the Washington, D.C. zoo several years ago! I fell in love!💛 Very interesting! It was a very cold day, in the middle of the week, so we could watch them all by ourselves! First they were outside and I have pictures of the female carrying an Apple in her paw everywhere she went. The bright red of the 🍎 really showed up in the pictures we took. It was time for them to be brought in for a meal, so went inside! They had long branches of bamboo, carrots and apples! They ate the carrots first, making sure to eat the green tops first! Then ate some of the bamboo. Both picked up a couple apples and again walked around just carrying them! Have no idea why they did this! Like I said, I was there for three hours watching them and taking pictures! My husband took in some of the rest of the zoo! I couldn't leave these beautiful creatures! 💛💛💛
Anthony Griffin
The Panda is one of the most adorable animals, on the face of the earth. It's a shame that the species, is so close to extinction.
Patricia Beaudry
My favorite bear.
Chris Braid
You'd have to be bananas not to go for bamboo! 😀😀
khane
à 2 réponses ,pardon.
Bibin
Bamboo is a type of grass
Dee Fox Allen
John W Shreve, love it!
jamiehedges
Bamboo is a type of grass
tbear
larrywagner, my favorite vacation, Larry!
larrywagner
tbear, Thanks tbear, I'm glad you enjoyed it
Kimberly Marjorie Paulin
tbear, I did the same thing in 1983...went to the DC zoo on a rainy day with husband and son and waited for over an hour for them to wake up and spent at least another hour watching them! Was an amazing experience
Vaughan Smith
Some people! Yes, bamboo is a type of grass, but at this level, if you are offered bamboo & grass as options, is it not reasonable to put "bamboo" as the correct answer, and to accept that? For goodness sake, guys.
Cheryl McMeekin
Easy peasy