I Always Thought That Giant Pandas Were Sh***y Animals!

I have never been particularly impressed by Giant pandas (it probably accounts for my only having pictures of the Red panda). Giant pandas eat bamboo and are notoriously difficult to breed and, yet, they have become the symbol of the WWF. There is finally something interesting about the Giant panda. A study by the Chinese Academy of Sciences of pandas in the Qinling mountains has revealed that they seek out and roll in (preferably fresh) horse mature ( https://www.theguardian.com/science/2020/dec/07/giant-pandas-roll-in-horse-manure-to-keep-warm-study-finds). It seems that two compounds in fresh horse s**t (beta caryophyllene and caryophyllene) help them to keep warm in these cold locations. Roll on pandas!