I absolutely love the Giant Panda's, but they are often mistaken for the red panda's.
They are? Aren't they completly different sizes? The giant panda is giant and the red panda is only about the size of a raccoon right?
Yes, it is about the size of a cat, but heavier and with a longer body. 
Then how can you say people often mix them up?
Well its said that it is called the "giant panda" to distinguish it from the red panda. I'm not really sure how the two could be mixed up honestly.
Ah I see, are they any other distinctions you know of other than size between the two?
Even though Giant panda's are considered carnivores their diet consists of 99% bamboo. 
That is really interesting! I would have thought they were herbivores honestly. This statement sounds like they are omnivourous though.
They also will eat meat in the wild, and in captivity they even eat fish, eggs and fruit.
I wonder if they eat bamboo because that is their choice or due to lack of food.
monocots, including the palms and large bamboos, to be columnar rather than tapering.
Bamboos include some of the fastest-growing plants in the world, due to a unique rhizome-dependent system. Certain species of bamboo can grow within a 24-hour period, at a rate of almost an hour (a growth around 1 mm every 90 seconds, or 1 inch every 40 minutes). Giant bamboos are the largest members of the grass family.
Bamboos are of notable economic and cultural significance in South Asia
in Sichuan) along with about 300 in captivity in Chinese breeding centers and zoos. The animal is rare and elusive. Though classified as a omnivore, the giant panda's diet is over 90% bamboo. Its black and white coloration provides a degree camouflage in the dense forests, but the adult animal has no natural predators. Giant pandas are notoriously difficult to breed; they have short mating periods, and give birth to only one or two cubs per year. The giant panda cub is the smallest baby, compared in