Why Are Giant Pandas So Hard to Save?

Giant Pandas present a conservation challenge like no other. But why? Join Hank Green for a new episode of SciShow and find out how the bears eke out an existence in the wild, and why they’re proving so hard to save. ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters -- we couldn t make SciShow without them! Shout out to Justin Lentz, John Szymakowski, Ruben Galvao, and Peso255. ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow Or help support us by becoming our patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow Sources: http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-08/how-argue-someone-who-smirkily-says-pandas-deserve-die http://gizmodo.com/5841175/should-we-just-let-pandas-die-off-already http://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/giantpandas/pandafacts/ http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2014/07/15/how-pandas-survive-on-a-diet-of-only-bamboo/#.VRjG1ZPF9Hg http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/10/111017-pandas-bamboo-bacteria-plants-meat-bears-animals-science/ http://news.sciencemag.org/biology/2014/07/how-pandas-survive-their-bamboo-only-diet http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/09/02/bears-do-it http://animals.io9.com/giant-panda-breeding-efforts-have-actually-been-really-1614308529 http://www.livescience.com/49596-as-bamboo-forests-fade-can-pandas-survive.html