Giant panda to digest cellulose is ascribed to the microbes in its gut. Pandas are born with sterile intestines and require bacteria obtained from their mother's feces to digest vegetation. The giant panda is a "highly specialized" animal with "unique adaptations", and has lived in bamboo forests for millions of years. The average giant panda eats as much as 9 to 14 kg (20 to 30 lb) of bamboo shoots a day to compensate for the limited energy content of its diet. Ingestion of such a large quantity of material is possible because of the rapid passage of large amounts of indigestible
Two Monkeys and a Panda far". Matt Richenthal from "TV Fanatic" rated the episode with 4.6/5 saying that "Two Monkeys and a Panda" might have been his favorite episode of the season. "Thanks to a focus on serious issues, Modern Family rebounded from a couple subpar episodes with what may have been my favorite of the season." Two Monkeys and a Panda "Two Monkeys and a Panda" is the 17th episode of the second season of the American comedy television series "Modern Family "and the 41st episode overall. It was originally aired on March 2, 2011. The episode was written by Carol Leifer and directed