| In fairness, zoologists go back and forth on the "are giant pandas bears?" question a lot (at least by my casual observation), along with "are red pandas and giant pandas related?", "are red pandas related to raccoons?", and so forth. Last I looked into it, they were actually considering the possibility that they are all related to some degree, with raccoons being distantly connected to bears. I think when there's such a high degree of confusion, it's acceptable to go with the common vernacular and treat the giant panda as a bear for the sake of an entertainment Sporcle quiz. |