Pandas have fake thumbs! They have a sixth finger that they use to manipulate bamboo. This thumb is actually an elongated wrist bone and isn't seen in other bears. In this pic
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Red pandas and normal pandas both share a pseudo thumb used to make bamboo eating more convenient. Some theorize the two are not that closely related and it is just a great
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