This post is all about pandas. I don't mean the Fiat Panda, a city car of the automaker Fiat; or the Panda plant, a genus of the family Euphorbiaceae; or even the Tekken character (the worst character in any fighting game. Ever.)
I do mean this charming chappy:
The giant Panda! Here are a few facts about pandas:
So there you have it.
I do mean this charming chappy:
The giant Panda! Here are a few facts about pandas:
- The giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca "black-and-white cat-foot") is a mammal classified in the bear family. They're not related to raccoons. However, the red panda (no relation to the bear in anything but name) is related to the raccoon. This is where everybody's confusion came from last night (p.s. I told you so)
- The panda's main food is bamboo, but they may also eat yams
- Though the giant panda is often assumed docile because of their cuteness, they have been known to attack humans, usually assumed to be out of irritation rather than predatory behavior.
- No fossils of pandas have been found earlier than a few million years ago. However, DNA analysis of the giant panda compared with other bears shows a very early split from the main bear lineage 18 or 15 million years ago.
So there you have it.
