A Giant Panda’s diet consists about 99% of a certain type of grass called bamboo. Bamboo is as hard as wood so pandas have to have very strong jaws to break the bamboo into pieces. Bamboo has water in it different amounts of water. In most bamboo about 50% is water, and in newborn bamboo, about 90% is water, But water alone from bamboo is not enough water for pandas to survive. Wild pandas also drink water that has melted from nearby mountains. Due to inefficient digestion, a panda needs to eat about 20 to 40 pounds of bamboo each day to get enough nutrients in order to survive.
Because bamboo is not very healthy for them, pandas also eat other types of food. A wild panda's diet consists of other grasses, and an occasional small rodent or musk deer fawn, which makes up the other 1% of their diet. A panda in captivity, such as zoos and conservation centers, diet is sugar cane, rice gruel, a special high-fiber biscuit, carrots, apples, and sweet potatoes.
Because bamboo is not very healthy for them, pandas also eat other types of food. A wild panda's diet consists of other grasses, and an occasional small rodent or musk deer fawn, which makes up the other 1% of their diet. A panda in captivity, such as zoos and conservation centers, diet is sugar cane, rice gruel, a special high-fiber biscuit, carrots, apples, and sweet potatoes.
This is a picture of a panda eating bamboo, which is 99% of a panda’s diet.