Pandas are known to be #lazy and this study shows it really well. For energy economy, they choose to #mark core ranges with abundant resources.
Plus, they're choosing the center of territories because there's high frequency traffic. Lazy but smart 🐼
"I'm not lazy, I'm on enery saving mode" #pandas

So, which chemicals are most used during mating season... 🥁 You got it, the "sexual" ones (AGS aka gland), good job, that was hard. Sorry pandas but let's talk about your posture. The two most used are leg cock (for urinating) and quadrupedal (rubbing genitals against trees 🥲). At least it's clear!

This study actually shows how important scent communication is, especially when individuals rarely meet directly. It's called indirect signaling, in most ways they use marking.
So, unfortunately for their privacy, researchers had to collect data (photos and videos) of them over a 1 year period. 🥲