Why wild giant pandas frequently roll in horse manure
Why wild giant pandas frequently roll in horse manure
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Zhou, Wenliang , Yang, Shilong , Li, Bowen , Nie, Yonggang , Luo, Anna , Huang, Guangping , Liu, Xuefeng , Lai, Ren and Wei, Fuwen
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United States: National Academy of Sciences
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English
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United States: National Academy of Sciences
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Attraction to feces in wild mammalian species is extremely rare. Here we introduce the horse manure rolling (HMR) behavior of wild giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca). Pandas not only frequently sniffed and wallowed in fresh horse manure, but also actively rubbed the fecal matter all over their bodies. The frequency of HMR events was highly corre...
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Why wild giant pandas frequently roll in horse manure
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_7768701
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_7768701
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0027-8424
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1091-6490
DOI
10.1073/pnas.2004640117
