Episode 20: I Thought We Were Talking About Wolves?

Join us for another one of the eight bear species of the world: the giant panda! Find out why we can alllll relate to this iconic species, and guess how many times Charlotte can annoy Pam by bringing up Neanderthals!

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Guo, Wei, et al. “The carnivorous digestive system and bamboo diet of giant pandas may shape their low gut bacterial diversity.” Conservation Physiology, vol. 8, no. 1, 1 Jan. 2020, https://doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coz104.

“History of the Giant Panda.” WWF, 8 June 2004, wwf.panda.org/wwf_news/?13588%2FHistory-of-the-Giant-Panda.

Hunt, Katie. “Pandas Evolved Their Most Perplexing Feature at Least 6 Million Years Ago.” CNN, 30 June 2022, www.cnn.com/2022/06/30/asia/ancient-panda-bamboo-thumb-sixth-digit-scn/index.html.

Krause, Johannes, et al. “Mitochondrial genomes reveal an explosive radiation of extinct and extant bears near the miocene-pliocene boundary.” BMC Evolutionary Biology, vol. 8, no. 1, 28 July 2008, https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-8-220.

Pruitt-Young, Sharon. “Finally Some Good News! China Says Giant Pandas Are No Longer Endangered.” NPR, NPR, 9 July 2021, www.npr.org/2021/07/09/1014593425/china-giant-pandas-endangered-vulnerable-iucn#:~:text=The%20International%20Union%20for%20Conservation%20of%20Nature%20removed%20giant%20pandas,officials%20challenged%20at%20the%20time.

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