Why do pandas eat bamboo?
Panda's Lucky Lunch
Why do pandas eat bamboo?
Giant pandas munch bamboo all day long — up to 40 pounds of it. That's like eating four hundred celery sticks before lunch. But here's the weird part: pandas are bears, and bears are supposed to love meat. So what happened?
Millions of years ago, pandas were like other bears — they hunted, fished, ate berries, chased down meals. But the mountains where pandas lived got colder. Prey animals migrated away. Food became scarce.
