Pandas famously love bamboo but the fluffy mammals’ actually have digestive systems typical of animals that eat a meat-based diet - and Chinese scientists now think they know why.

The reedy, tree-like grass is a panda’s primary food source, especially the shoots. However, because bamboo has little protein, pandas can eat up to 12 hours a day, consuming roughly 26 to 84 pounds ...

The researchers believe that as pandas eat more bamboo as they grow ... also help to assess and improve the safety of plant-based foods for animals and humans, the researchers said.

“Our study proved that bamboo used as food for giant pandas does affect the change of giant pandas’ feeding habits.” When pandas eat their bamboo diet, they absorb small pieces of genetic ...

After birth, red pandas stay tucked away with their mothers for roughly three months. They’ll be nursed for up to five months before the cubs can eat solid foods, such as bamboo leaves.

Giant pandas don't eat meat because chemicals in the bamboo ... MiRNA from plants can be absorbed through food. The Chinse team explored if plant-derived miRNA can enter giant pandas’ systems ...

The reedy, tree-like grass is a panda's primary food source, especially the shoots. However, because bamboo has little protein, pandas can eat up to 12 hours a day, consuming roughly 26 to 84 ...

Pandas famously love bamboo but the fluffy mammals actually have digestive systems typical of animals that eat a meat-based diet ... about 1% of their food comes from other plants - and even ...