Panda Bear Eating Bamboo

Panda Bear Eating Bamboo. Giant panda, bear panda eating bamboo sitting in the grass Stock Photo Alamy While they are almost entirely vegetarian, pandas will sometimes hunt for pikas and other small rodents Even though eating bamboo as your main food source does make you unique, it comes with it's fair share of drawbacks

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While they are almost entirely vegetarian, pandas will sometimes hunt for pikas and other small rodents Pandas have the shortest gestation period among bears, about 2 to 3 months compared with 6 months in other species.

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The adult mothers start eating young wood bamboo leaves, which have sufficient nutrients, including the calcium necessary for lactation Bamboo contains very little nutritional value so pandas must eat 12-38kg every day to meet their energy needs In the spring, pandas switch from the leaves of one kind of bamboo, wood bamboo, to its shoots, which are rich in nitrogen and phosphorous

Panda Bear Eating Bamboo, Cute Giant Panda Bear, Chengdu, China Stock Image Image of asian. Giant panda Hu Bao eats bamboo at Bifengxia base in Ya'an, Sichuan province, in this file photo taken September 3, 2012. For example, pandas have molars that are good for chewing bamboo.

Hungry Giant Panda Bear Eating Bamboo Stock Photo 82003657 Shutterstock. These creatures actually spend up to 14 hours daily eating as much as 27 pounds of the plant The panda's choice to eat bamboo, despite its origins as a carnivorous bear, is a fascinating example of evolutionary adaptability.