Giant Pandas Thrive on Bamboo, Thanks to Belly Bacteria
When you buy through link on our site , we may take in an affiliate commission . Here ’s how it lick . How jumbo giant panda exist on a diet of operose - to - digest bamboo has long dumbfound researchers . It turns out , the roly - poly bears carry around their own digestive helpers in their bellies , a young study suggests . Though the pandas , which can grow to 350 pounds ( 160 kilogram ) , are intimately have-to doe with to meat eaters , the Brobdingnagian majority of their diet is plants , in the form of bamboo ....