The researchers believe that by the time a baby panda grows up, it will develop the ability to pick the freshest and most nutritious bamboo, which enables them to adapt to a plant-based diet.

Pandas and Tasty Bamboo There are over 1,000 species of bamboo, though pandas only snack on about 25 of them. The reedy, tree-like grass is a panda’s primary food source, especially the shoots.

In breeding centres and zoos, workers will actually switch the babies around so both panda cubs get enough milk from the mother. Although giant pandas eat fruit and bamboo, they have teeth that ...