Get in the Ring, Panda!

[DonGately]

Panda Bites Man, Man Bites Him Back
By Associated Press
5 hours ago

BEIJING - A drunken Chinese migrant worker jumped into a panda enclosure at the Beijing Zoo, was bitten by the bear and retaliated by chomping down on the animal's back, state media said Wednesday.

Zhang Xinyan, from the central province of Henan, drank four jugs of beer at a restaurant near the zoo before visiting Gu Gu the panda on Tuesday, the Beijing Morning Post said.

"He felt a sudden urge to touch the panda with his hand," and jumped into the enclosure, the newspaper said.

The panda, who was asleep, was startled and bit Zhang, 35, on the right leg, it said. Zhang got angry and kicked the panda, who then bit his other leg. A tussle ensued, the paper said.

"I bit the fellow in the back," Zhang was quoted as saying in the newspaper. "Its skin was quite thick."

Other tourists yelled for a zookeeper, who got the panda under control by spraying it with water, reports said. Zhang was hospitalized.

Newspaper photographs showed Zhang lying on a hospital bed with blood-soaked bandages and a seam of stitches running down his leg.

The Beijing Youth Daily quoted Zhang as saying that he had seen pandas on television and "they seemed to get along well with people."

"No one ever said they would bite people," Zhang said. "I just wanted to touch it. I was so dizzy from the beer. I don't remember much."

Ye Mingxia, a spokeswoman for the Beijing Zoo, confirmed the incident happened but would not give any details. She said Gu Gu was "healthy."

"We're not considering punishing him now," Ye said in a telephone interview. "He's suffered quite a bit of shock."

[plagiarism]

Sounds like an episode of Ranma 1/2!

[ben_at_work]

[quote][i]Originally posted by plagiarism[/i]
<br>Sounds like an episode of Ranma 1/2!
[/quote]

My favorite Ranma 1/2 is "Desperately Seeking Shampoo" classsssic!!

[WolverineSyr]

Funny.
In what alternate universe is it a good idea to jump into a bear cage, scare it, then touch it? Too bad it didn't rip his arm off. I'm all for bear on human violence.[:D]

[i_like_lectric_motors]

Well, well, well ... in the interest of fairness, I would like to point out that this particular dumbass DID NOT at any time claim that jesus would protect him before jumping into the cage like so many similar dumbasses before him.

What a refreshing change. [:D]

[djcraig]

[quote][i]Originally posted by i_like_lectric_motors[/i]
<br>Well, well, well ... in the interest of fairness, I would like to point out that this particular dumbass DID NOT at any time claim that jesus would protect him before jumping into the cage like so many similar dumbasses before him.

What a refreshing change. [:D]

[/quote]

And drunk as he was, still had the foresight NOT to take any babies in there with him...

Disclaimer: not that there's anything wrong with that.



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[Panorama]

Sounds like another challenge for Johnny Knoxville and the Jackass team...

Johnny Knoxville: "Steve-O, I want you to jump in there and scare a panda. Sure, he's gonna bite you on the leg, but that's gonna be real funny... so the rest of us were thinking you just bite him back."

Steve-O: "Great, I can't wait to tear that Panda a new one..." [:D][;)]

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