Comments on: How A Carnivore Survives On Bamboo

By: sympathetic writer

sympathetic writer — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 17:07:16 +0000

a short blog post about poo and gut bacteria can’t cover everything. your questions are answered by wikipedia (with a discrepancy):

Though it belongs to the order Carnivora, the panda’s diet is 99% bamboo.[5] Pandas in the wild will occasionally eat other grasses, wild tubers, or even meat in the form of birds, rodents or carrion. In captivity they may receive honey, eggs, fish, yams, shrub leaves, oranges, or bananas along with specially prepared food.[6][7]

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 18:18:23 +0000

The other 20 percent of thier diets include zoo visitors and tourists.

By: erica

erica — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 11:43:43 +0000

larger question you also didn’t address, when and why did they switch and start eating bamboo? and are captive pandas able to survive on a more varied diet or do they really have to eat just bamboo?

By: Yacko

Yacko — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 13:02:09 +0000

What’s the other 20 per cent of the diet? Insects?