Study finds pandas slower than the average bear

Giant pandas are the new couch potatoes of the animal world and just as sluggish as slow-moving sloths, according to a study published on Thursday in the journal Science.

Researchers in China tracked five captive pandas at Beijing Zoo and three wild ones at Foping Nature Reserve in Shaanxi province.

The study found that pandas are far less active than other bears, expending just 38 percent of the average daily energy of other bears.