For instance, the original thumb became just another finger for the bear lineage, but the Giant Panda developed a pseudo thumb because it helped with eating bamboo. And extra digits made moles ...

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Giant pandas have a special bone that extends from their wrists called a "pseudo-thumb," according to the San Diego Zoo. They use their pseudo-thumb to hold and manipulate the bamboo.

Giant panda's bamboo diet still looks surprisingly carnivorous Date: May 2, 2019 ... and pseudo-thumb needed to process bamboo. But their gut and digestive system changed little, ...

This MRI image shows the various structures of the aye-aye’s hand. The pseudo-thumb is made up of the radial sesamoid bone, in red, and its cartilaginous extension called the prepollex, in pink.

The giant panda is the only bear that still has a pseudo-thumb, used for gripping the bamboo they feed on. Some rodents also developed pseudo-thumbs for similar reasons, to grasp twigs and grass.

If there’s anything that’s known for eating the same thing every day, it’s the giant panda.It only eats bamboo, making picky toddlers seem like gourmets in comparison. But despite its 24 ...

1. Red Pandas Have Pseudo-Thumbs . Like giant panda bears, red pandas have a pseudo-thumb, which is basically an extended wrist bone that can function as a thumb but isn’t a true appendage.These ...

Bao Bao at 10 weeks. Scientists estimate that a giant panda ancestor split from the bear lineage 18 million years ago. Tim Flach The view from the panda cam control room shows a mother’s ...

Giant panda's bamboo diet still looks surprisingly carnivorous. Cell Press. Journal Current Biology DOI 10.1016/j.cub.2019.03.067 ...

Giant panda bears evolved away from other bear species about 20 million years ago. Though they have similar characteristics, like body shape and digestive system, they greatly differ in preferred ...