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A team of scientists returned from China yesterday (Wednesday), with “striking” results they say could change the way Pandas are protected.

They predict the number of bamboo species will increase with global warming – helping fussy eaters like Pandas, which rely on up to 20 different kinds of the plant to survive.

The Botanic director, professor Stephen Blackmore, said: “Nature has surprised us here."

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Some 3 month-old polar bear cubs go exploring at this zoo in Russia.

A giant panda sits in the Olympic Games Panda House at Beijing Zoo, March 22, 2009. Eight giant pandas flown to Beijing last May to add cheer to the Olympics return to their hometown in southwest China's Sichuan Province on Sunday, Xinhua reported.

Photo by: (REUTERS/Jason Lee)

Polar bears Bill, right, and Lara react during their first meeting, at the Zoom Erlebniswelt zoo, in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Friday, April 17, 2009. Bill came from the zoo in Bruenn, Czech Republic, as a new partner for Lara.

Photo by: AP Photo/Martin Meissner

A pair of rare panda twins, born in Wakayama, Japan in 2006.

Pagi, right, a female Bornean sun bear cub whose name means "morning" in a Malayan dialect, licks her brother, Palu, who is named after a valley in Borneo, as they made their public debut at the San Diego Zoo on Monday, March 16, 2009. The twins are only the third Bornean sun bear litter to be born in North America, all of which have occurred at the San Diego Zoo, where researchers are studying reproductive biology and maternal care of the sun bear.

Photo by: AP Photo/San Diego Zoo, Tammy Spratt