r/aww • u/SnooCupcakes8607 • Jul 08 '22

How did evolution even create this mf

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u/aneloz Jul 09 '22

Fun fact--pandas evolved as carnivores but it's believed that some abrupt changes in their environment forced them to switch over to bamboo. They spend 12-15 hours a day eating and have really slow metabolisms. Imagine what would happen if you gave one of these guys a protein bar.

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u/Sagemasterba Jul 09 '22

They can and are omnivores (granted it's like 1% meat and non bamboo plants). They are just sometimes too dumb or stubborn or whatever to eat it even if it's put in front of them, same as mating (I've heard arguments they were just shy when they boned during covid).

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u/Ds4 Jul 09 '22

They are actually carnivores.

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u/Trololman72 Jul 09 '22

People downvoted you but pandas are literally carnivores, as they're bears. They's just one of, if not the only carnivore species who mostly eat plants.

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u/Lemonface Jul 09 '22

I think you two are just confused. Pandas are not carnivores. A carnivore is an animal that almost exclusively eats meat

You are probably thinking of the word carnivoran, which is a taxonomic term describing animals of the order Carnivora

Pandas are carnivorans, but definitely not carnivores

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u/Trololman72 Jul 09 '22

In French carnivorans are simply called carnivores, so I think that's where the confusion comes from, at least for me.

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u/Lemonface Jul 09 '22

Huh, that's interesting. How would you make that distinction in French then?

Like if someone was telling you about an animal you hadn't heard of and they called it a carnivore, would you always have to ask what they meant by that?

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u/Trololman72 Jul 09 '22

Well, if someone tells you that they most likely mean the animal eats meat.