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How pandas use their heads as a kind of extra limb for climbing

Short legs on a chubby body demand a work-around when it comes to getting up a tree

Panda climbing

Pandas’ chubby body proportions require an unusual work-around for climbing trees.

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By Susan Milius

- More than 2 years ago

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AUSTIN, Texas — Pandas really use their heads to climb.