Next time your panda freaks out, give it some sugar


Giant pandas get plenty of greens thanks to their bamboo diet but scientists have discovered they like dessert too.

Scientists studying the endangered black-and-white bears said that while pandas almost exclusively eat bamboo, which contains only tiny amounts of sugars, they showed a strong preference for natural sweeteners in an experiment.

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