More Man-Eating Pandas
We here at Blue Crab Boulevard have been trying to help get the truth out about Pandas for some time now. People have this false impression that pandas are vegetarians, we have plenty of evidence that they are actually man-eaters. We documented it here, still more about it here and a woman's near buffet experience here. Well, maybe today people will pay attention. A Chinese zookeeper was preparing a nice bamboo dinner for Lan Zai, a panda at the Wuquanshan zoo. The panda took one look at the salad then opted for the meat entrée. That being said zookeeper.
Lan Zai, a male panda at Wuquanshan zoo in Lanzhou, capital of Gansu province, put zoo worker Xiao Zhang in hospital with multiple bite and scratch wounds to his arms and legs after a fierce attack on Saturday, according to a newspaper report posted on the official Xinhua news agency Web site.
"Lan Zai had only been there a week and had not acclimatised to Lanzhou," the report quoted a zoo official as saying.
"In the first two or three days, he did not eat anything… When the worker was preparing some bamboo for him to eat, he suddenly clawed at him," the official said.
Doctors spent more than two hours patching up Xiao Zhang's wounds. The worker was still in hospital, the report said. Another newspaper said he had had 100 stitches.
On Sunday, Lan Zai displayed none of the previous day's temper, the report said, adding that his elder sister, Lan Bao, was moping in a neighbouring enclosure, apparently in low spirits about her little brother's transgression.
Which is, of course, complete nonsense. Lan Bao is not moping because Lan Zai attacked the zookeeper. She's mad because he didn't share a fresh haunch of zookeeper with her. But never fear, Lan Bao. They'll toss a volunteer in for you to gnaw on presently.
By Lars Walker, Monday, 6 August , 2007 @ 9:57 am
Living in Lanzhou would give anybody a bad attitude. My niece spent a few weeks there some time back. She intended to teach in China for 2 years, but the incredible, poisonous industrial pollution of that city forced her to come home ahead of schedule. Lanzhou is located at the foot of a mountain range, and the prevailing winds blow the pollution into that box and keep it there. Everyone wears face masks whenever they go out.