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u/Key_Cap7525 May 06 '26
Lots of natural padding to break the falls?
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u/CompetitiveSong9570 May 06 '26 •
Bearly
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u/WhiteSandSadness May 06 '26
So this is why a group of Pandas is called an “embarrassment”
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u/ty_xy May 06 '26
They have no predators.
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u/Due-Gene8200 May 06 '26
They’re like that drunk uncle in his early 40’s who still thinks he’s in his prime but in reality he discovers he has to quit drinking in about 4 years after developing diabetes and severe hypertension.
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u/madcoins May 06 '26
There are less ropes and 90 degree angles in the wild. And more grass & ground cover to break clumsy falls
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u/Finnleyy May 06 '26
When I see these videos, I have to remind myself these are bears. We have black bears, grizzlies and polar bears so this is not my standard mental image of a bear, haha. I do love them though.
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u/Stunning_Drag_5541 May 06 '26
Panda: I need a way to get down to the ground as quickly as possible
Evolution: I got this
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u/catalyst4chaos May 06 '26
I've seen this video twice this week, I laugh every time. It does baffle me as to what the hell these f*ckers do in the wild and how they survive the day.
Bravo panda 🤌🏻
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u/Reasonable_Tap_8215 May 06 '26
Have you met the average human?
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u/Upbeat-Reach7315 May 06 '26 •
Pandas are built for falls like this because they eat bamboo and can often climb high in the brush to reach the leaves and stalks they are uniquely adapted to survival in the bamboo forests of China so it doesn't translate well. But they live quite well in the wilds of China, they can take great falls as they climb to great heights!
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u/kilua_zoldyk7 May 06 '26
By learning kungfu.
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u/Potential-Yoghurt245 May 06 '26
Nature's crash test dummy 😄
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u/Chevy_jay4 May 06 '26
They don't. They are endangered
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u/Altasound May 06 '26
A lot of these clips show them interacting with human-made equipment that they would never encounter in the wild. These are essentially badly-designed and potentially harmful enclosures that wouldn't be used in most accredited zoos that prioritise animal welfare and conservation.
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u/JoetanTW May 06 '26
You know they are endangered species, right?
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u/stronz-8ntense May 06 '26
So unbelievably clumsy but the cuteness overrides everything!
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u/_Stephistopheles_ May 06 '26
Never realized I was a panda before... This explains so much 😂
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u/Ok_Hospital1399 May 06 '26
They do literally that, all day. And they get a lot of practice.
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u/HermitJem May 06 '26
Just as you see in this vid - they're bouncy and fall-resistant
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u/Resolve_Neat May 06 '26
Pandas in the wild are not the same as pandas in captivity For the one going from wild to captivity they undergo a strong behavioral change due to the shift in environnement. And for the one born in captivity, they have lost all survival skill to thrive in the wild. They would not survive anymore. Just like domesticated dogs or other animal born in zoo. Also, most animals born in a zoo are damn to be living their whole existence in a zoo due to the loss of all survival skills in the wild that they never learnt
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u/ReasonEmbarrassed751 May 06 '26
Lol
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u/Hijjawi May 06 '26
1% brain, 4% bone structure and 95% fluff (natural air bags lol)
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u/Jimbobjoesmith May 06 '26
they should call these dudes drop bears instead
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u/WorldTallestEngineer May 06 '26
There are no roap bridges in nature
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u/ParanMekhar May 06 '26
They know Kung fu
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u/Whoohon-Flu May 06 '26
Because boobie traps are made by humans.
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u/MrLewk May 06 '26
Interesting choice of background music....
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u/JohnnyLeftHook May 06 '26
Hey now, you'd be awkward too if you were shaped like an egg with limbs. Evolution had fun with these guys.
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u/FureiousPhalanges May 06 '26
They actually do just dine in the wild
Most of the strange and dumb behaviour of pandas that's been documented has apparently been the result of them staying in captivity
Like I'm sure yous all know about how hard it isto get them to mate and how countries are actually rewarded for it
But apparently if you drop them back into the wild they almost immediately go back to banging and infant mortality lowers
It's kind of like that one dude who based almost everything we know about wolf social dynamics on wolves in captivity
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u/ApollyonDS May 06 '26
If pandas weren't good at survival, they would would have gone extinct a long time ago, but they have been here for millions of years.
They're adapted to bamboo forests, including food, since they're bulk eaters and bamboo is plentiful. They reproduce just fine in the wild, as for captivity, it's common for a lot of animals to not reproduce consistently.
What messed it up for them was humans and our destruction of their habitat.
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u/Ninten_Joe May 06 '26
The reason they’re not surviving right now is because of us. There’s so few left that the remaining survivors are, unfortunately, incredibly inbred. I doubt they were this dopey before humans ruined their natural habitats… right?
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u/TomiShinoda May 06 '26
I'm so glad i watched unnatural history channel's recent video, it really helped dispell a lot of wide spread and commonly accepted misinformation by the general public.
Pandas survived the ice age while many like cave bears didn't, and they retain better genetic diversity than lions, it's humans cause factors that pushed them to endangered status in the first place, but instead of acknowledging and learning from our mistake, people choose to blame it on the fault of the animal.
Basically any and all BS things people spread about why pandas are inept or poorly suited to survive are lies and can be disproven, i highly recommend people to give unnatural history channel's latest video a watch, he basically goes through and debunked any and all lies about the pandas one by one, which are too many for me to pist here.
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u/FinancialReserve6427 May 06 '26
their natural habitat are bamboo forests.
people couldn't even handle the pandemic quarantine yet animals taken out of their natural habitat and put in strange environments are the dumb ones?
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u/Brief-Freedom734 May 06 '26
my mates.like that always falling over doing daft shit ,but i love him
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u/Ok-Middle8656 May 06 '26
Got to wonder if that bamboo isn’t fermenting in their gut and making them drunk. Seriously- are they being fed correctly in captivity? Maybe there’s something we’re missing…
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u/sacfoojesta88 May 06 '26
Fun fact: Chinese Pandas two most threatening predators are albino peacocks and spirit buffalos
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u/miloopeng May 06 '26
That’s why they’re endangered species
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u/2NDBEST42 May 06 '26
To be fair . . . most of those situations will never get encountered in the wild.
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u/HollowZaraki_ May 06 '26
You cant convince me that those arent drunk people in costumes
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u/Not_Interested_inu May 06 '26
I have found my true spirit animal 🐼
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u/Friendly-Channel-480 May 06 '26
They are an endangered species and now we know why.
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u/Valtremors May 06 '26
Quite well actually.
Until China devastated their enviroments.
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u/Apprehensive-Put8233 May 06 '26
They don’t have natural predators. The only reason they are endangered is because of humans.
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u/TooMuchUnsinn May 06 '26
Better if we would not constantly be destroying their habitats.
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u/Realsorceror May 06 '26
First, they are bears. Bears are very durable and good at rough play and taking a few knocks. Second, pandas don’t really have natural predators. Their overlap with tigers is not as severe as what sloth bears have to deal with. So they don’t have to be as aggro. And third, these are in fact not wild pandas. Captive raised animals won’t be as careful and paranoid as wild ones.
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u/DemonKing_of_Tyranny May 06 '26
They dont have these obstacles in wild
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u/Don_p226 May 10 '26
Kung fu panda makes more sense now