Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Portrait Of A Giant Panda - Sichuan Province



While giant pandas are bears with carnivore specific genes and digestive systems, they depend for 99% on bamboos for their diet. They therefore have to ingest between 9 to 14kg of bamboo shoots per day to cover their body requirement in protein and carbohydrate. As a result, they tend to lead a rather passive life, spent mostly feeding and resting, to save valuable energy...

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