Take the 2-minute tour ×  I couldn't seem to find one elsewhere,
at least not with a scientific source.  It would seem as it's
quite a striking feature there would be an advantage it would
infer.  share|improve this question From Wikipedia: "Although
scientists do not know why these unusual bears are black and
white, speculation suggests that the bold coloring provides
effective camouflage in their shade-dappled snowy and rocky
habitat." With a reference to Giant Pandas by Karen Dudley
(1997). –  canadianer May 8 at 23:38 One can create a
selectionist explanation for any trait, but all such
explanations have very little scientific content. –  har-wradim
May 9 at 10:37 It could be related to stopping light glare too,
not entirely sure why a panda would need that but living in
snowy areas there is a lot of sun glare... athletes use this
trick, particularly in ball sports
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_black but remember, not everything has
some wonderful evolutionary explanation, some stuff just exists
for no real r