Meaning of peeing on a tree

Description:Share this article Share Researchers researched the animals' bathroom habits in the Qinling Mountains and published their research in the July issue of the journal Animal Behaviour. To do so, they need to find the widest tree possible, ideally with a rough bark. The rough bark helps embed their scent into the tree, so that the musk lasts for longer, and a wider tree ensures a wider surface area for maximum odour spread. And the higher the scent is, the better their personal message spreads, so some clever panda along the evolutionary line began doing a handstand, allowing him to get his pee a little bit higher than any other panda in the forest. A panda in the Qinling Mountains region of China makes a handstand in order to mark his territory Job done, the panda strolls off into the distance Along with the urine, pandas also secrete 'anogenital gland secretions', a waxy substance which indicates the age and sex of the panda to curious observers. They will happily pee on a tree covered with moss, but they will not leave gland secretions on moss, with researchers theorising that the sap of a tree with no moss might bind the smell to the bark - whereas a moss covering will prevent this happening.

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