Biscuit Case
‘CHINA has built a factory making bamboo-shaped biscuits exclusively to cater for the nutritional needs of the countrys captive giant pandas.
Steamed bread, the staple food for most captive giant pandas after fresh bamboo, loses much of its nutritional value in cooking, resulting in malnutrition for many pandas.
So experts at the Giant Panda Breeding and Research Centre in the city of Chengdu set up the factory in the hope that the biscuits (which contain higher levels of fibre and vitamins than their normal diet) would solve the problem.
The biscuits are being given to 30 pandas at the centre, and are now apparently top dish on their menu.
They are so popular that experts plan to expand the idea to animals in captivity across the country.’
Posted: 11th, November 2003 | In: Strange But True Comment | TrackBack | Permalink
