Q: What is the structure of the giant panda's digestive tract?
A: The digestive tract of the giant panda is the same as that of other mammals, consisting of the mouth, esophagus, stomach, small intestine and large intestine.
Q: How long is a giant panda's intestine?
A: The giant panda's intestine is divided into small intestine and large intestine. The average length of their small intestine is 490 cm (269-624 cm), and the average length of their large intestine is 120 cm (72-167 cm).
Q: How is the giant panda's intestine different from that of herbivores?
A: First, the entire intestine of giant pandas is shorter, about 4.3 times the length of their own body; while the digestive tract of herbivores is about 10 to 30 times longer than their own body length. The second is that the giant panda's colon is directly connected to the ileum, without a cecum, their colon is straight, and there is no longitudinal belt and intestinal pouch; the third is that the giant panda's intestine is rich in mucous glands, but herbivores do not.
Q: What does a giant panda's stomach look like?
A: The stomach and intestine of the giant panda is a singlechamber glandular stomach, and is in the shape of letter "U" and curved.
Q: Will hard bamboo stab the stomach and intestine of a giant panda?
A: No. Because the muscular layer of the digestive tract of giant pandas is thick, there are abundant multicellular mucous glands in the digestive tract, and the mucus secreted by these mucous glands plays a protective role in the digestive tract.
Q: How much feces do giant pandas excrete every day?
A: According to statistics, adult giant pandas defecate more than 40 times a day, and the feces excreted are about 120. If they eat bamboo shoots, they will excrete 150 groups of excrement. The weight of each group of excrement is about 100 grams, leading to a daily total of 15-20 kg.
