The researchers are examining the panda poo to try to understand how they can digest tough bamboo. The panda’s genetic make-up is like a carnivore, but pandas stick to a diet that mainly consists of ...

An analysis of giant panda poop has revealed that when the bears switch to a leafy, less fibrous diet, they slough off the lining of their gastrointestinal tract. It then passes through their ...

BEIJING (AP) — There's a new Chinese saying: When life hands you panda poop, make paper. Researchers at a giant panda reserve in southern China are looking for paper mills to process their surplus of ...

Giant pandas almost exclusively eat bamboo, and they've been doing that for about 2 million years. So it's quite curious that their gut bacteria isn't really equipped to process all that plant matter.

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