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Giant pandas eat only bamboo.

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CONTESTED
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Is it true that giant pandas eat only bamboo?

Partly. Children's reference books state flatly that giant pandas eat only bamboo, while a National Geographic Kids page says pandas occasionally eat other vegetation, fish or small mammals, with bamboo making up 99 percent of the diet. Peer-reviewed sources describe bamboo as the primary or over-99-percent food source rather than the sole one.

Verdict: CONTESTED · 6 sources for, 1 against · Last checked

Evidence for · 6
Energy digestibility of giant pandas on bamboo‐only and on supplemented diets
2010
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Finley, T. G., Sikes, R. S., Parsons, J. L., Rude, B. J., Bissell, H. A., & Ouellette, J. R. (2010). Energy digestibility of giant pandas on bamboo‐only and on supplemented diets. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1002/zoo.20340

Evidence against · 1
Giant Panda Facts and Pictures | National Geographic Kids
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Giant Panda Facts and Pictures | National Geographic Kids. (n.d.). kids.nationalgeographic.com. https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/facts/giant-panda

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Virome in Fecal Samples From Wild Giant Pandas (Ailuropoda Melanoleuca)
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Virome in Fecal Samples From Wild Giant Pandas (Ailuropoda Melanoleuca). (n.d.). frontiersin.org. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fvets.2021.767494/pdf

Understanding nutrient landscapes for giant pandas in the Qinling Mountains, China: the relationships between bamboo mineral content and giant panda habitat selection during migration
2018
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Q., H., X., L., Y., L., J., K., & M., S. (2018). Understanding nutrient landscapes for giant pandas in the Qinling Mountains, China: the relationships between bamboo mineral content and giant panda habitat selection during migration. abc.museucienciesjournals.cat. http://abc.museucienciesjournals.cat/files/ABC_41-2_pp_195-208.pdf

Why Does the Giant Panda Eat Bamboo? A Comparative Analysis of Appetite-Reward-Related Genes among Mammals
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Why Does the Giant Panda Eat Bamboo? A Comparative Analysis of Appetite-Reward-Related Genes among Mammals. (n.d.). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022602

Predators
2008
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John, S. (2008). Predators. archive.org. https://archive.org/details/predators0000seid

Bears
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Martin, S. (n.d.). Bears. archive.org. https://archive.org/details/bearsanimalsanim00mart

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