When Pandas Go Bad
Well, we try to warn people about the true nature of animals. Particularly the ones that people think are "cute." The cute ones are usually hiding something evil behind that cuddly camouflage. Last year, Gu Gu the panda proved our point by trying to eat a drunk. As we warned then, Gu Gu had obviously developed a taste for human flesh. Guess what? We were, as usual, right.
He may look cute and cuddly but Gu Gu is out for revenge.
The eight year old giant panda was startled last year when a drunken tourist jumped into his pen and bit him on the back.
So this week, when a second tourist tried to join him in his pen, he took no chances and savaged the visitor - a teenage boy - by ripping flesh off his legs.
The 15-year-old boy, believed to be called Li Xitao, jumped over the 4ft 7in barrier to the panda enclosure "out of curiosity" at Beijing Zoo on Monday afternoon.
However, the startled 240lb panda responded by biting his unwanted visitor on both legs.
Emergency medical officials said the teenager was so viciously attacked, his bones were showing and chunks of flesh were left behind in the ambulance.
Oh, it's not like the evidence hasn't been there all along. One of our operatives took this picture of Gu Gu in his enclosure with one of his keepers.
(unaltered photo by Lightmatter)
By Al in St. Lou, Wednesday, 24 October , 2007 @ 9:52 am
Well, wouldn’t you be startled if a drunken tourist bit you on the back?
By Al in St. Lou, Wednesday, 24 October , 2007 @ 9:55 am
Lightmatter has http://www.lightmatter.net/albums/Animals/panda.thumb.jpg
Does this mean I’m utterly humorless?
By Al in St. Lou, Wednesday, 24 October , 2007 @ 9:57 am
Whoops! I mean’t to post:
Lightmatter has http://www.lightmatter.net/gallery/Animals/panda
Does this mean I’m utterly humorless?
By Gaius, Wednesday, 24 October , 2007 @ 10:08 am
It’s a long-running bit here in the Crabitat. The “Animal Uprising”. Search the Animal category.
By Al in St. Lou, Wednesday, 24 October , 2007 @ 2:07 pm
Any wolf or mountain lion would run away from a bear as large as a Panda. Anyone jumping into a cage with a wild animal that has claws and teeth will probably become a candidate for a Darwin Award, or at least an honorable mention.
I make sure I keep the cats in my house fed so they don’t try to eat me when I’m asleep. They sometimes attack the dog, and she weighs three to four times as much as each of them.
By Al in St. Lou, Wednesday, 24 October , 2007 @ 2:08 pm
I’ve been spam filtered!