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Giant panda

Giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), a bear with a carnivore’s gut living almost entirely on bamboo. The Zoo Aquarium de Madrid is one of the few zoos in the world that keeps giant pandas, on loan from China.

Giant panda sitting among bamboo, holding a stalk to its mouth
Paradox. A carnivore’s digestive system running almost entirely on bamboo. It solves the problem by volume: eating for most of the day.37723-9621Zoo Aquarium de Madrid

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