Can pandas taste

Yes. The Red Panda has been studied and found to favor sweet foods, and even be attracted to the artificial sweeteners that are used so often by humans to sweeten drinks, such as Aspartame. The Giant Panda in the wild, follows a pattern when eating the bamboo shoots from the stalk of bamboo. Many think they may be eating the shoots as they develop a particular flavor, probably sweet. For more details, please see the sites listed below.