SOME reference has been made in the daily Press, during the past few days, to the extraordinary grasping power possessed by the giant panda at the London Zoological Gardens. It has been stated that “It is now seen that the fingers are used in conjunction with a thumb on each hand to grasp the bamboo. The thumbs are not tapered like the fingers. They are broad stumps, but they are connected with adductor muscles, by means of which they can be brought into contact with the fingers”.