Giant Pandas eating bamboo in Sichuan Province, China Photo: ALAMY From The Telegraph:
New research has revealed that, contrary to popular beliefs, pandas are surprisingly well-equipped for survival.
The giant panda is one of the best-known symbols in the world, used to sell everything from electronic goods to fizzy drinks, chocolate to biscuits, liquorice to cigarettes – not to mention global conservation. Yet thanks to its shy and retiring nature, it has long been one of the planet’s most mysterious creatures. Why, for example, do pandas eat bamboo? Why do they appear to have such difficulty breeding? And how on earth has such a seemingly maladjusted species managed to survive for so long?
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