Did You Know? Pandas’ Eye Patches Were Meant To Scare Opponents Away.
It don’t matter if you’re black or white.
We finally have an answer to how pandas got patches. Clearly, it’s not because they want to be the beauty queen in the room. Science has told us that it’s for survival reasons.
🎋Bamboos are a panda’s best friend, obviously. In fact, bamboos consist of nearly 99% of a panda’s diet. However, the cute cubs were born with canine teeth thus considered carnivores. Wild pandas out there still have a tiny soul that hunts. When hunting, you need to be competitive.
How do you contend when you’re the cutest bear on earth? 😎 You put makeup on. In the animal world, if you look like Hamburglar, you’re scary. Having patches like pandas is a warning to stay back. That’s how they make sure their food source is secured.
But pandas are one of the cutest animals too, right? Let’s just say they’re considerate. Pandas know they scare off everybody. That’s why we often see them trying to cover their eyes. 🙈Peekaboo!
If you think about it, putting on makeup is a pretty legit metaphor. Girls out there trying to hunt down some meat! Smokey eyes means stay back b*tches. We learned that from pandas. Just remember to cover your eyes once a while to be cute.
Instead scaring other animals off, the same study also suggests that pandas can tell their panda friends apart from patch sizes and shapes. On the other hand, there are also studies that hypothesize dark eye patches can function like an aperture. It’s hasn’t been proven yet, though. Well I guess you don’t really need any reasons to be cute, anyway.
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