Panda poo isn’t just for kitschy gifts anymore.  Scientist presented an interesting study at the 242nd National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society that suggests the microbes present in panda poo can be used to help make biofuel production a more viable option in energy production…

Who would have guessed that ‘panda poop’ might help solve one of the major hurdles to producing biofuels, which is optimizing the breakdown of the raw plant materials used to make the fuels?” said study co-author Ashli Brown, Ph.D. “We hope our research will help expand the use of biofuels in the future and help cut dependency on foreign oil. We also hope it will reinforce the importance of wildlife conservation.”

Yay pandas! Show your support with a panda poo t-shirt from Enjoi. Get one at PacSun for a mere $20.

Well, duh.

If you want to state the obvious, you can buy this shirt for $19.95 at SnorgTees.

This cute little hoodie is available at Hot Topic for $46.50 to $50.50. Sophistication is going to cost you, apparently.

This little guy is allegedly saying ‘panda’ in Japanese, but if there’s anything I’ve learned from Hanzi Smatter, it’s that I will never blindly trust a translation of a language I don’t speak.  If you’re more trusting than I am, or you speak/read Japanese you can buy this shirt for $25-ish at Hot Topic.

I must admit, the red glasses do make him quite endearing.

Shirt.woot! has this cute design (along with a bazillion others) available for $15 and free shipping.

Poor little guy!

Interesting take on wildlife conservation, ha!

From the HomeStarRunner website:

Pistols for Pandas is the fictitious wildlife organization responsible for putting handguns in the paws of underprivileged and unarmed pandas. Show your support for this just cause by purchasing this quality 100% cotton t-shirt. These shirts feature the Pistols for Pandas logo on the front and the quote “They need all the firepower they can get” on the back. Comes in Adult sizes Small through Triple Extra Large and Ladies Medium and Large.

Get yours for only $15-$19 here.

This shirt (from shirt.woot! which is an awesome place to find tons of cute shirts for $15 a piece) made me say ‘Awwww’ out loud in the middle of my lab/office. My labmates looked at me like I was an idiot, but who could resist this?! Needless to say, I placed an order…

$15 from shirt.woot!

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This tee is super adorable and only $16.00 from Etsy seller emandsprout. Get it before it sells out!

This adorable tee is on sale over at Delia’s for only $9.99! Be sure to snag yours before they sell out.

I love this shirt from Big Cartel designed by the band MiMi Soya. It’s covered in pandas, but from a distance it just seems like a black and white pattern. And, at only £6.99 ($11.50 USD)  you can’t really beat the price!