In the new study, Li and colleagues describe how they analyzed the blood from seven pandas, one of which was a juvenile, and found the presence of 57 miRNAs likely originating from their bamboo diet.

The researchers believe that by the time a baby panda grows up, it will develop the ability to pick the freshest and most nutritious bamboo, which enables them to adapt to a plant-based diet.

Pandas and Tasty Bamboo There are over 1,000 species of bamboo, though pandas only snack on about 25 of them. The reedy, tree-like grass is a panda’s primary food source, especially the shoots.

"MiRNA in bamboo can enter giant pandas' bodies through diet, be absorbed by the intestine, enter the blood circulation, and then regulate when the giant panda's RNA transfers information ...

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The giant panda was once widespread throughout southern and eastern China, as well as neighbouring Myanmar and northern Vietnam. But due to expanding human populations and development, the species is ...

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National Panda Day highlights global conservation efforts to protect pandas from habitat loss and possible extinction.

Habitat is important, too. Pandas only live in a few mountainous regions of China where bamboo — basically a panda’s entire diet — is plentiful. And over the years, development has cut down ...

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