• pjwestin@lemmy.world
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        19 hours ago

        Yeah, but Pandas aren’t herbivores, they’re vegetarians. They’re too slow and clumsy to actually hunt prey, so the only thing they can catch is bamboo (which is the fastest growing plant, so I guess that’s something…sort of…). Anyway, the point is, Pandas as a species are from a family of predators, and they would absolutely eat meat if you gave it to them.

      • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works
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        1 day ago

        Pandas are descendants of omnivores with a predator streak, them rat fucking their diet to near koala levels of bad doesn’t really factor in yet.

      • notsure@fedia.io
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        1 day ago

        …i am withholding all judgments on pandas until my full research has been completed…i heard something on the internet…

      • Auli@lemmy.ca
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        1 day ago

        But Pandas are bears and haven’t changed much. They eat plants and their guts have not even evolved to do so yet. They are a wonder.

      • sbird@sopuli.xyz
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        1 day ago

        Is this because pandas used to be carnivorous? (they have sharp canine teeth despite pretty much only eating bamboo)

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          1 day ago

          By far. We didn’t get to be #1 by fucking around, and we didn’t get to be #1 without all that dominating evolution lingering around. We’re so good at it, we’re predators to ourselves because there’s no prey left to dominate. Every other species dies farmed or as a hobby.

          But I can say, that if I were die be prey to something, I’d rather it be to a human. Everything else starts eating you before you’re even dead lol.