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A new study has found that the giant panda’s distinct black-and-white markings have two functions: camouflage and communication. The scientists who earlier uncovered why zebras have black-and-white strips, took the colouration question to giant pandas in the latest study.
“Understanding why the giant panda has such striking colouration has been a long-standing problem in biology that has been difficult to tackle because virtually no other mammal has this appearance, making analogies difficult,” said Tim Caro, a professor at the University of California, Davis in the U.S. “The breakthrough in the study was treating each part of the body as an independent area,” said Mr. Caro. This enabled the team to compare different regions of fur across the giant panda’s body to the dark and light colouring of 195 other carnivore species and 39 bear sub-species, to which it is related.


1. What is so unusual about the Panda?
2. Why was it difficult to understand the colouration of the Panda?
3. How did the breakthrough happen?

Answer 1

1)the gaint pandas distinct black and white marking have two function:camouflage and communication

2) because vertually no other mammals has this apearance , making analogies difficult.

3)treating each part of the body as an independent area