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 ...

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. They say gorging ...

However, because bamboo has little protein, pandas can eat up to 12 hours a day, consuming roughly 26 to 84 pounds of the plant. Within bamboo, as within all living organisms, is DNA and RNA.