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Can a giant panda survive on only meat?

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There are three, maybe four aspects to this question: 1.) whether the pandas could physio-chemically digest the meat properly; 2.) whether the nutritive value of meat matches their nutritive needs and detoxification capacities; 3. read more

There are three, maybe four aspects to this question: 1.) whether the pandas could physio-chemically digest the meat properly; 2.) whether the nutritive value of meat matches their nutritive needs and detoxification capacities; 3.) whether they could obtain sufficient meat in the wild to sustain themselves; and 4.) whether they could, if sufficiently desperate, be convinced to seek out or consume meat if presented to them. read more

The animals then adopted a bamboo diet so they wouldn't compete for prey with other meat-eaters, such as Asiatic black bears, in their new homes, said Nicole MacCorkle, a panda keeper at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, D.C. read more

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