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A groundbreaking study conducted by researchers in Beijing, China has uncovered the cause of rare giant pandas that are born with brown fur - and the reason is down to genetics, not inbreeding. Scientists in China studied the genetics of multiple pandas in the wild and in captivity to understand why some pandas have a brown. With its trademark patches of black and white fur, there's no mistaking the giant panda for any other bear.
Now scientists have a better idea of why pandas have this distinctive pattern, and it could all come down to the lengths the poor old animal has to go to just to get enough to eat. Colouration. (CNN) - With its striking coloration, the giant panda is an instantly recognizable species.
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A handful of giant pandas that aren't black-and-white, however, do exist. The giant panda's black and white markings are unique in the animal kingdom so the reason for this particular color pattern has remained mysterious. The scientists who uncovered why zebras have black-and-white stripes (to repel biting flies), took the coloration question to giant pandas in a study published this week in the journal Behavioral Ecology.
The study, a collaboration between the University of California, Davis, and California State. The giant panda's distinctive black-and-white fur makes it one of the most recognizable animals on the planet. But why does it have this unique coloring? We propose that as the giant panda is unable to molt sufficiently rapidly to match each background (although anecdotes of individual black bears changing color between molts have been documented [Rogers 1980]), it has evolved a compromise white and black pelage.
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Viewed up close in a zoo, the giant panda is a striking, conspicuous mix of a white bear with black forelegs, shoulders and hind legs and an extraordinary face with black fur around the eyes and ears. The giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) is an iconic mammal, but the function of its black.
