Nature played a cruel joke on the pandas - they are doomed to extinction Bashny.Net

Because pandas are close to bears, they should be plotoyadnymi



It is well known that the giant pandas diet consists almost entirely of bamboo. However, recent genetic studies have shown that they are not physically able to fully digest the plant.

At the genetic level pandas are bears, therefore, they are carnivorous, but their diet consists mainly of plants. One explanation for this is that the genetic mutation affected the ability of pandas eat meat. Now pandas munching bamboo, which is not able to properly digest their body and die out. Researchers believe that in digesting bacteria play an important role gastrointestinal pandas, but this is unfortunately not enough to power cycle was similar to herbivores.

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