Giant pandas have an unusual diet that consists almost entirely of bamboo, which is low in nutrients and difficult to digest. As a result, pandas spend more than half their day eating and digesting bamboo in order to meet their nutritional needs. Their digestive system is more closely related to carnivores despite their herbivorous diet. Pandas also pass a large amount of undigested bamboo, defecating over 100 times per day. Their poor diet also affects panda cubs, which are born very small to allow the mother's low oxygen levels to support twin births. Pandas' black and white fur may help as camouflage in different environments, and is influenced by their need to constantly search for bamboo to eat year-
Giant pandas have an unusual diet that consists almost entirely of bamboo, which is low in nutrients and difficult to digest. As a result, pandas spend more than half their day eating and digesting bamboo in order to meet their nutritional needs. Their digestive system is more closely related to carnivores despite their herbivorous diet. Pandas also pass a large amount of undigested bamboo, defecating over 100 times per day. Their poor diet also affects panda cubs, which are born very small to allow the mother's low oxygen levels to support twin births. Pandas' black and white fur may help as camouflage in different environments, and is influenced by their need to constantly search for bamboo to eat year-
Giant pandas have an unusual diet that consists almost entirely of bamboo, which is low in nutrients and difficult to digest. As a result, pandas spend more than half their day eating and digesting bamboo in order to meet their nutritional needs. Their digestive system is more closely related to carnivores despite their herbivorous diet. Pandas also pass a large amount of undigested bamboo, defecating over 100 times per day. Their poor diet also affects panda cubs, which are born very small to allow the mother's low oxygen levels to support twin births. Pandas' black and white fur may help as camouflage in different environments, and is influenced by their need to constantly search for bamboo to eat year-