Panda perception.A giant panda's fur is black and white, but that's not true of its vision. Scientists have found that these bears can see in color. How do they know? Angela Kelling, a researcher at the Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology, in Atlanta, Ga.; coeducational; state supported; chartered 1885, opened 1888. It is a member school in the university system of Georgia. Significant among its facilities and programs are the Frank H. , performed a test to find out. First, she taught pandas Yang Yang and Lun Lun Lun Lun is a female giant panda at Zoo Atlanta in Atlanta, Georgia. The 235-pound panda was born at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in China on August 25, 1997. Her original name, Hua Hua, was changed to Lun Lun by her sponsor, the Taiwanese rock star Su Huilun. of Zoo Atlanta This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. to push a plastic pipe, giving them food as a reward. Then, she rigged a set of pipes: This time, she only gave rewards if the pandas pushed pipes that were hanging beneath red, blue, or green cards. They received nothing for pushing pipes under gray cards. But she didn't fool the pandas: They would only push pipes hanging from the colored cards so they could get their snack. "Distinguishing between colors may help the pandas tell rotten brown bamboo bamboo, plant of the family Gramineae (grass family), chiefly of warm or tropical regions, where it is sometimes an extremely important component of the vegetation. It is most abundant in the monsoon area of E Asia. from healthy green bamboo," says Kelling. |
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