It's just mostly sugar, and they're not fast creatures. Some say they're really strong, which I guess which is good for not being preyed on other animals, but they're not fast. So they end up being hunted a lot. And I mean, there's a reason why they're mostly in sanctuaries or in captivity, because I guess they just cannot survive in the wilderness
Sudha Varadarajan
@sudha · 0:23
I have never done research on pandas. And right after this at I don't know, almost midnight over here, I am researching pandas. And so far the only thing I can find is that they help spread seeds. This is a phenomenal question
Shammi Mohamed
@shammi · 2:50
While we are on the topic of funny animals or animal stories, I had a story to share, so we have a decently sized backyard with a nice lawn. And we moved and we ended up seeing these bunnies that would visit us. My daughter would just go Bunny, and, yeah, we just let them be there. They'd come. Turns out they were snacking on the grass a lot. It's okay. It's fine by us
And it's quite a costly proposition for them because it turns out that every Zoo needs to DOL out at least $1 million per year as rent to China, plus a one time tax on each baby born and also specialized medical care for the entirety of the pandas life, which is about 20 to 30 years. So this will add up to millions of dollars per year. Lucky Panda is all I can say. Very amusing topic. Thank you
Bowie Rowan
@bowie · 0:31
So this is my favorite small conversation so far, and it is because it is bringing out the Libra and me and I have two questions in response to this. Well, question number one, being aren't the most beautiful things useless? And question number two being are humans any more useful than pandas
Shammi Mohamed
@shammi · 1:05
And the second one is kind of what I wanted to avoid in my talk in these times, especially where it is coming to light, that we need to be more tolerant of everyone equally. It is kind of ironic that we pick on a particular species and label it as useless and pass judgment on it, especially in these times, something think about
Bowie Rowan
@bowie · 1:08
Shami. This is a very intriguing reply to my questions and it really brought to my attention how important intent is and how much the direction, direction at which we place our energy and thoughts is very important. And so with this swell, I propose more swells in praise of the Panda to see, what can we discover together by exploring not only what potentially makes the Panda useful as a creature, but also what is it that delights us about the Panda?
poorna unni
@Poorna · 2:37
Ha ha. This post brings out the biologist in me. So for every species out there, be it plant or animal, they are connected to some other species through evolution. It's called coevolution, where two species develop together. So the other day I was watching this beautiful documentary by David Attenborough. It's called The Kingdom of Plants. And he was showing these beautiful visuals of how flowers developed over centuries, depending on the type of pollinators
Bowie Rowan
@bowie · 0:55
So in my quest to meditate more on the beauties of the useless Panda, I came across something that was quite interesting that a friend sent me because we were talking about pandas, obviously, because it's been at the forefront of my mind. And he shared this incredible article with me about the complex evolution of the pandas eating habits. And although they are herbivores, their body actually digests food as though they are carnivores. Maybe I'm not saying that exactly correctly
Pink River Dolphins? That's right. And they're endangered. And nobody I've talked to has even heard of them. The pandas get all the limelight, and I don't know why. And one of you asked if, well, our humans are important, and I don't want to get too deep into that question, but I will say at least we try to stay alive. The Panda has put no effort into staying alive and are only alive today by our doing
poorna unni
@Poorna · 2:12
Hello. I went through the article that Rachel shared, and I was really surprised to find that pandas are not as dumb as we think that they are. They seem to know know which leaves to eat, to get protein, so they know when to switch between leaves and tender shoots. And quite surprisingly, most of the diet appears to be protein and not only carbohydrates, as we thought it would be. And it also appears that it was not out of choice that they are eating bamboo
Witty Pegasus
@wittypegasus · 0:42
I totally agree with the fact that pandas need to go. They are pretty lazy. They don't even want to breed. They require special animal breeders in zoos to help them breed. They're lazy eat bamboo all day. Somehow we found them cute, made a cute movie out of it. And now everybody is donating to save pandas who are not so important if we consider food chain as you can see in the video that I have attached. So yeah, they need to go