●Giant pandas are similar to bears but with striking black and white features.
●They are not giant although that there
name is the giant panda.
●It would take 40 pandas to weigh as much
as 1 elephant.
●The giant panda has a big carpel bone called
the radial sesamoid that acts as a thumb.
●This is called the pseudo or “sixth digit”
of the panda.
●The thumb allows the panda to grasp bamboo
stalks.
●This bone is slightly larger in bears.
