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Why don’t pandas eat more meat? Molecules found in bamboo may be behind their plant-based diet
and dopamine pathways of giant pandas, all of which are related to their feeding habits,” Li said. The researchers believe that as pandas eat more bamboo as they grow, certain miRNAs accumulate ...