Photos: Giant Panda People — Scientists Don Costumes For Good Cause

Weird Science: Giant Panda Conservation <br />Researchers dress in panda costumes at China's Wolong National Nature Reserve to help re-introduce the pandas to the wild and eliminate human influence from their environment
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Diet
Although the panda is classified in the taxonomy of living things as a carnivore, its diet is primarily herbivorous. A giant panda's diet consists mainly of bamboo, while in captivity giant pandas are also fed apples, sweet potatoes and carrots.

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