Giant pandas' belly bacteria helps digest bamboo

Monday, October 17, 2011 - 17:30 in Biology & Nature

How giant pandas survive on a diet of hard-to-digest bamboo has long mystified researchers. It turns out, the roly-poly bears carry around their own digestive helpers in their bellies, a new study suggests.

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