Panda enjoys the big meal<br />A panda's daily diet consists almost entirely of the leaves, stems and shoots of various bamboo species.<br />Bamboo contains very little nutritional value so pandas must eat 12-38kg every day to meet their energy needs.<br /><br />But they do branch out, with about 1% of their diet comprising other plants and even meat. While they are almost entirely vegetarian, pandas will sometimes hunt for pikas and other small rodents.<br /><br />Indeed, as members of the bear family, giant pandas possess the digestive system of a carnivore, although they have evolved to depend almost entirely on bamboo.<br />
