2006-10-29 05:26:45 · 7 answers · asked by harish amin 1 in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
BAMBOO
2006-10-29 05:29:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"The giant panda eats shoots and leaves, almost exclusively bamboo. This is an evolutionarily recent adaptation, or perhaps just a very awkward one for a bear; pandas lack the proper enzymes to digest bamboo efficiently, and thus derive few calories and less protein from it.
They retain decidedly ursine teeth, and will readily eat meat, fish, and eggs when available, but their sluggish speeds, a consequence of their mainly bamboo diet, ensure that these more energy-rich foods are seldom available to them outside of captivity. In captivity, zoos typically maintain the pandas' bamboo diet, though some will provide specially formulated biscuits or other dietary supplements."
2006-10-29 13:33:55 · answer #2 · answered by dwid717 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Giant Panda's are carnivores. They live mostly off of bamboo (arrow and umbrella bamboo), but they will eat small mamals.
2006-10-29 13:38:42 · answer #3 · answered by Bessie Y 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bamboo. Which is probably the least nutricious food on the planet. That's why they eat all day.
2006-10-29 13:29:03 · answer #4 · answered by justwebbrowsing 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bamboo shoots - and nothing else. That's one reason why they're getting close to extinction.
2006-10-29 13:28:57 · answer #5 · answered by mrsgavanrossem 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
95% Bamboo..
2006-10-29 13:28:27 · answer #6 · answered by Heatmizer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mostly bamboo.
2006-10-29 13:34:14 · answer #7 · answered by F T 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋