Were Do Pandas Eat?

A panda's daily diet consists almost entirely of the leaves, stems and shoots of various bamboo species. Bamboo contains very little nutritional value so pandas must eat 12-38kg every day to meet their energy needs.

Where do pandas get their food?

Pandas get bamboo as they grasp stalks of bamboo with their five fingers and specialized wrist similar to that of a raccoon and peel off the outer layers. They use their strong jaws, well-developed cheek muscles and sharp incisors to tear apart the soft inner tissues of bamboo stalk and begin digestion.

What do pandas eat other than bamboo?

8. But they do occasionally eat something other than bamboo. Although pandas are 99% vegetarian their digestive system is typical of a carnivore. For the 1% of their diet that isn't bamboo, pandas eat eggs, small animals, carrion, and forage in farmland for pumpkin, kidney beans, wheat and domestic pig food.

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