TLDR: Pandas are dope fiends!?
TIL that Pandas aren't born loving bamboo, but that it's an addiction with a dopamine component.
Those cute furry pandas are actually carnivores.
But they sit on their butts all day eating plants and getting high instead of chasing animals.
"some of the bamboo-derived miRNAs were found to regulate dopamine pathways, driving food motivation and the reward system linked to it. So if eating bamboo is a pleasurable, satisfying experience for a panda, it's more likely to be solely driven to seek out this trigger." https://newatlas.com/biology/pandas-bamboo-micro-rna/