Research revealed that the panda's main foodstuff was mountain arrow bamboo; during 1976 there was a massive flowering of this type of bamboo, leaving the pandas with almost nothing to eat.
根據研究，熊貓的「主食」是生長在海拔兩千公尺、外型尖長的「高山箭竹」，這種赫赫有名的竹子，曾在民國六十五年間，集體開花而大量死亡，或許熊貓就因此遭殃。