Why do pandas eat bamboo?
Pandas eat bamboo because lots of it grows right where they live.
Pip’s answer
- Pandas eat bamboo because lots of it grows right where they live.
- They hold the bamboo in their paws and munch, munch, munch!
- Bamboo isn't very filling, so pandas eat for a big part of the day.
- Wow-ee, buddy! A panda can munch about twelve hours every single day!
For grown-ups
Giant pandas are classified as carnivores, but about 99 percent of their diet is bamboo, which grows plentifully in their mountain forests. Bamboo is low in nutrition, so pandas eat for 10 to 16 hours a day. A special enlarged wrist bone works like a thumb to grip stalks.
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