Why are giant pandas black and white? Scientists unlock the secrets of distinctive colouring

Source: China – South China Morning PostThe purpose of giant pandas’ black-and-white fur may have been solved, according to a new study finding that even though humans at the zoo could easily see them, the bears’ distinctive colouration gave them effective camouflage in the wild.“The giant panda uses black-and-white pelage as a form of crypsis to avoid detection in its natural habitat,” scientists from Britain, China, Finland and the United States wrote in an article published in the peer-reviewed journal Scientific Reports on…Read More

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