Panda’s must eat 25 – 90 pounds (12-38 kg) of bamboo every day to meet their energy needs.
This is because bamboo contains very little nutritional value, so they have to eat it in vast quantities to survive. Although the giant panda possess the digestive system of a carnivore, they have evolved to depend almost entirely on bamboo.
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