Thu, Jan 28, 2016
As a result of the excavation, it became known that our ancestors were hunting
not only on mammoths, but also on pandas. These innocent and harmless
animals died because their meat was considered dietary, and fur
served as the best material for clothing.
During the next excavations, which were carried out in the highlands
near Chongqing, archaeologists have managed to find giant bones
pandas They were clearly visible traces of wounds inflicted by spears.
Shy temper, slow, awkward bamboo gait
bears were the main reasons that explained why they
became easy prey for hunters who killed them
first with sticks and stones, and then with spears and knives.
Wei Jiabao – Head of the Institute of Paleoanthropology at the Chongqing Museum
– stated that pandas, living in wide abundance on the territory
the former PRC, in ancient times was considered an excellent source of food.
Their meat was considered dietary, so it served as a great addition.
to the berry diet, which very often primitive
people. A little later, panda meat was included in the daily diet only
rulers of ancient China, it became a delicacy. White and black
panda fur was used to make fur coats and other warm
clothes.
Today, bamboo bears are treated completely differently.
They are considered an endangered species and valuable treasure of Chinese
nation.
At the moment, 239 pandas, 3000 live in captivity in the Celestial Empire.
individuals exist in bamboo groves of Sichun, Shansi and
Gansu.
Despite the fact that bamboo bears are predatory
beasts, their diet can be called completely vegetarian, because
that they eat almost the same bamboo. One day panda
can eat up to thirty kilos of shoots. In her diet also
includes some insects, eggs, and other foods that are considered
source of protein.
