Telegraph.co.uk | Giant pandas cannot properly digest bamboo, scientists find Telegraph.co.uk The mystery of why giant pandas are forced to spend 14 hours a day eating foods has finally been solved – they can only digest around 17 per cent of the bamboo they swallow. Researchers found their gut bacteria are not the type for efficiently breaking down … Undigested Bamboo Showing Up in Panda Poop Bamboo-eating giant pandas not adept at digesting bamboo: study Giant pandas not designed to eat bamboo |