Secret revealed about extremely rare pandas with cocoa spots. Secret revealed aboutextremely rare giant panda with chocolate brown spots instead of black and white.
Chinese researchers have now managed to solve the mystery surrounding this rare freak of nature. A change in the Bace2 gene is responsible for the light brown chocolate look. Based on the latest findings, the fluffy animals with the rare coloring are now to be bred specifically. But first, further tests must show whether the modified gene has harmful consequences for the animals.