panda bears

Black-and-white bamboo-eaters

Panda bears are giant pandas—large black-and-white bears native to central China.

The term is slightly redundant since *panda* alone suffices, but it clarifies the animal meant: The kids wanted to see the panda bears at the zoo.

Giant pandas eat almost exclusively bamboo despite being classified as carnivores.

The unrelated red panda is smaller and fox-like.

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