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Why Do Pandas Like To Roll Around in Poo?

Pandas like to roll themselves in horse dung.  That is what researchers in China have observed, ...

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15.47 20 Jan 2021


Why Do Pandas Like To Roll Around in Poo?


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15.47 20 Jan 2021


Pandas like to roll themselves in horse dung. 

That is what researchers in China have observed, and they have a theory as to the reason for this rather strange behaviour.

Bill McShea is a Wildlife Ecologist at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute


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