Secret revealed about extremely rare pandas with cocoa spots. The aim is to breed - so far only a single cocoa panda in captivity.
Qizai, the only giant panda currently living in captivity with brown and white coloring instead of black and white. A change in the Bace2 gene is responsible for the light brown chocolate look. But first, further tests must show whether the modified gene has harmful consequences for the animals. It wasn't until 2023 that an albino giant pandas was filmed for a long time.