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| Arms are for chewing off, not hugging |
| 2008-11-22 |
| A Chinese college student who wanted to hug a panda bear climbed into its pen, but instead of getting a cuddle he was mauled by the animal, officials said. The student ignored warning signs cautioning visitors to not climb over the panda cage fences at the Qixing Park Zoo in Guilin, China, hopping into a the bear's pen Friday, the state-run Chinese news agency Xinhua reported. Officials said the panda, named Yangyang, was frightened by the 20-year-old's attempts to hug it and responded by inflicting multiple bites on the student, identified only as Liu. The young man sustained injuries to his arms and legs and was said to be recovering after an operation. "Yangyang was so cute and I just wanted to cuddle him," Liu told Xinhua at the No. 2 People's Hospital in Guilin Saturday. "I didn't expect he would attack Â… I don't remember how many bites I got." Yangyang is a male, 8-year-old panda. The incident apparently didn't affect the panda because it was back to eating and playing as normal shortly after the incident, officials said. |
| Posted by:ed |
| #7 No response? Is this thing on?... |
| Posted by: Hellfish 2008-11-22 20:50 |
| #6 Hugging Pandas safely is harder than Chinese Arithmetic. BAM! |
| Posted by: Hellfish 2008-11-22 19:40 |
| #5 No. 2 People's Hospital I senser deh future. BTW they a large animal hospital #6? |
| Posted by: .5MT 2008-11-22 16:14 |
| #4 Reminds me of a tidbit I saw many many years ago on teevee and which stuck in my mind, about a would-be photographer going into the panda cage to take a picture, and having the male charge him, and bite his genitalia off. I hate it when that happens. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2008-11-22 13:57 |
| #3 "The young man...was said to be recovering after an operation." Brain transplant, I hope. Ignorant college students--taste like chicken! |
| Posted by: Dar 2008-11-22 13:07 |
| #2 I don't remember how many bites I got Probably hard to count that high in Chinese. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2008-11-22 12:04 |
| #1 It's just a rabbit! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-11-22 11:44 |