"There are no glass walls or steel bars that separate the people from the exhibits, providing a close-up experience with the pandas within a natural-looking enclosure," says River Safari's Assistant Director of Zoology, Ang Cheng Chye, 46.
Specially cultivated plots of bamboo have also been prepared for the diet-specific bears. Four types of locally grown bamboo - Siamese bamboo, sulfur bamboo, hedge bamboo and Buddha's belly bamboo, were "paw-picked" by the pandas when the zoology team brought samples over during visits to Sichuan.
The bamboo is harvested daily, carefully stored and cleaned before being fed to the pandas. The plants undergo bi-monthly pest and nutrient analysis by the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore to ensure quality.
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