Panda

A bear that roamed what is now China about six million years ago is the oldest bamboo-eating panda ancestor yet found—and it had the same stubby pseudo thumbs that jut from the wrists of today's pandas alongside their five fingers. Fossils of the new species suggest such “thumbs,” which helped the animals grip and strip bamboo, maintained their peculiar shape to facilitate the beast's four-legged locomotion. The fossils, found in the province of Yunnan and described in Scientific Reports, also push back the date that…

Image: Dreamworks AnimationOf Dreamworks’ various franchises throughout the decades, Kung Fu Panda has become one of their biggest hits. After 2016's Kung Fu Panda 3, the series has primarily lived on through various CG spinoff shows and specials. (The most recent of which, The Dragon Knight, premiered last month on Netflix.) But not content with just releasing TV spinoffs of their film franchises, Dreamworks has gone and announced that the franchise is making its return to theaters in two years.Kung Fu Panda 4 is indeed…

Image via DreamWorks As soon as DreamWorks announced Kung Fu Panda 4, fans on Twitter started demanding they make a sequel to another beloved franchise, Shrek.  DreamWorks Animation recently announced Kung Fu Panda 4 seemingly out of nowhere, even though a series, Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight was recently released on Netflix. The last film, Kung Fu Panda 3, was released back in 2016. The film will most likely see Jack Black return to the role of the Dragon Warrior Po, as he recently reprised his role in the…

`Kung Fu Panda 4` will be released on March 8, 2024, according to Universal Pictures. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the untitled DreamWorks Animation movie will be replaced by the most recent chop-socky film from the Furious Five and Po movie franchise. The `Kung Fu Panda` film series, which is based on traditional martial arts and is set in ancient China, tells the epic story of wide-eyed Po, whose love of kung fu is rivalled only by his insatiable appetite. The 2008 opening chapter of the Academy…

Another familiar DreamWorks franchise is coming back to big screens: Kung Fu Panda. It’s been a long time since we’ve caught up with Jack Black’s martial arts-wielding panda, but have no fear, because the film series is officially set to return. Kung Fu Panda 4 has officially found a place among upcoming movie releases. DreamWorks is continuing the super popular saga set in ancient China come 2024. The animation studio will take audiences back to the world of smooth fighting anthropomorphic animals on March 8, 2024, to…

Kung Fu Panda 4 will be released on Mar. 8, 2024, DreamWorks Animation has announced. This is the moment you’ve all been waiting 4. #KungFuPanda 4 hits theaters on March 8, 2024. pic.twitter.com/7xufMNOgyL Kung Fu Panda 4 will be released on Mar. 8, 2024, DreamWorks Animation has announced. This is the moment you’ve all been waiting 4. #KungFuPanda 4 hits theaters on March 8, 2024. pic.twitter.com/7xufMNOgyL FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender…

Panda ExpressAs employees are becoming harder to find, fast casual restaurants have been investing in more automation. The global food technology market is estimated to reach $342 billion by 2027 according to one estimate, and there are ample signs that fast food in particular is embracing automation.The latest example? Panda Express has rolled out a robotic wok, dubbed the Panda Auto Wok (PAW). The move comes on the heels of fast casual restaurants like White Castle, Chipotle, and Jack in the Box adopting robotic…

Scientists analyzing fossilized teeth unearthed in Bulgaria around 40 years ago have traced them to their original owner, which they believe to be Europe's last giant panda. A close relative of the giant pandas found in China today, the species featured teeth of a similar size, albeit not quite as strong, indicating a diet not so reliant on bamboo.The fossilized teeth at the center of this discovery were found in northwestern Bulgaria in the 1970s and stowed away at the country's National Museum of History. Scientists…

Giant pandas were not always native only to China – and they didn't always love bamboo.A pair of fossilized panda teeth, originally found in northwestern Bulgaria, suggests these lovable bears once roamed across Europe where they gobbled up much softer plants than their modern cousins.  The Bulgarian gnashers do not belong to a direct ancestor of today's giant pandas but to a close relative that lived approximately 6 million years ago on the eastern edge of Europe.Experts say this species would have been about the same…

A species of giant panda lived in eastern Europe 6 million years ago, according to scientists who studied the animal’s fossilized teeth.The discovery came from forgotten fossilized teeth, originally discovered in the late 1970s in Bulgaria’s Sredna Gora mountain range. The teeth—an upper carnassial tooth and an upper canine—had been collecting dust on a shelf in the Bulgarian National Museum of Natural History until now.A team of researchers recently studied the teeth and determined they belong to the genus Agriarctos,…