Bacteria aren’t classified as species for a reason, discovering new kind isn’t terribly remarkable.

It was just like a regular bear except there was berries but then this barely edible grass and only the bears most willing to just sit there and be lazy and chew all day long on this stuff could make it panda status.

It’s because there was a fuck ton of bamboo and not a lot of things that could eat it.

The picture isn’t representative though, in the article they’re covered with rocks next to it so it’s walkable and flush and not literally a stumbling stone.

The part about using real actors and people in simulated performances in movies after they’re dead is the same in holodeck and current cg/ai. Stephen Hawking was used, the real person consented to be on the tv show but the in show historical figure did not.

Replicator food can be identical but it’s also personally tuned for their nutrition and metabolism. The personal replicators and the bigger ones in ten forward aren’t programmed the same.