The number of captive-bred giant pandas at the conservation and research center in Sichuan has reached 312 – the world's largest giant panda group in captivity, according to the latest statistics the center released last Monday. The captive-bred pandas at the center account for over 50 percent of the world's total captive-bred panda population. | CGTN

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#fromthefield on our Wild Side of China Expedition! Giant pandas feed almost entirely on bamboo stalks, sitting upright and collecting the leaves, stems and shoots with their forelegs. Although 95 to 99 percent of a panda’s diet is made up of bamboo, they will also eat flowers, vines, mushrooms, grass, fish and small rodents. The digestive tract of a panda is only partially adapted to process bamboo. While they have a tough throat, esophagus, and stomach lining, their intestines are short and un