[Little Ray]

Giant pandas. They eat only bamboo. And they’re almost extinct, too.

[GraceG]

>> Giant pandas. They eat only bamboo. And they’re almost extinct, too. <<

Giant Pandas are a pretty miserable animal. They re what happens when an animal becomes too specialized.

Red Pandas on the other hand, no such specialization and therefore a lot more common.

[Sacajaweau]

I guess the giant pandas will eat other "stuff" when available....and it sounds like they think bamboo is lobster and everything else is .....

Seems to be several reasons for this critter going extinct and man has little and/or nothing to do with it.

Maybe their mistake was taking up bamboo as the staple...and not the other way around.

[Sacajaweau]

I guess the giant pandas will eat other "stuff" when available....and it sounds like they think bamboo is lobster and everything else is .....

Seems to be several reasons for this critter going extinct and man has little and/or nothing to do with it.

Maybe their mistake was taking up bamboo as the staple...and not the other way around.

[naturalman1975]

Giant pandas. They eat only bamboo.

Not true, apparently. The Adelaide Zoo here in Australia has recently been loaned a couple of giant pandas and because of this they've been on the news a lot. They've shown them eating carrots and apples to my surprise because I believed the 'only eat bamboo' bit too.

Koalas will also eat things other than eucalyptus leaves, but only if there's no choice - eucalyptus leaves seem to be Koala crack.