This tops the man bit dog story.

Petra Rocks · September 20, 2006, 05:29:16 PM

You learn bizzare things if you read the news.

A drunken Chinese tourist says he bit a panda who attacked him after he jumped into a zoo enclosure to "hug" the bear.

Zhang Xinyan, 35, had drunk four draught beers before deciding to enter the Beijing Zoo pen belonging to six-year-old male panda Gu Gu.

The startled Gu Gu bit both legs of his intruder, who responded by biting "the panda on its back", Mr Zhang was quoted by state media as saying.

Mr Zhang said he had not realised pandas could be violent.

He told the Beijing Morning Post that he had come to the Chinese capital "only to see the pandas".

"The seven-hour train ride was exhausting, and I drank bottles of beer when I arrived then had a nap," he added.

EDIT This is part of a BBC article found here. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5364058.stm

Deloria · September 21, 2006, 09:12:37 AM

Why is it always BBC that gets to deal with these things?

Shades2585 · September 21, 2006, 09:49:35 AM

I read it here but heard it on NPR this morning.

Say · September 21, 2006, 10:56:25 AM

SHADES BIT ME AND I HAD TO SMACK HIM WITH A NEWSPAPER!!

... ok not really!

And, about the news... Why would be bit Gu Gu! How dare he!

Drunk people shouldn't be hanging around alone, seriously. They could get injured and/or injure others

Deloria · September 21, 2006, 11:23:25 AM

Quote from: Say on September 21, 2006, 10:56:25 AM
SHADES BIT ME AND I HAD TO SMACK HIM WITH A NEWSPAPER!!

... ok not really!

Shades! How could you?!

(obviously, just kidding.

)

At least Gugu wasn't hurt.

Delling · September 21, 2006, 11:28:01 AM

that poor panda having to put up with people like that... just bursting into its home and biting it.

Petra Rocks · September 21, 2006, 11:37:30 AM

Well, I think person came out worse, the rest of the article says he was put in the hospital with badly torn legs while his teeth didn't even make it through the panda's skin.

Delling · September 21, 2006, 11:42:04 AM

$:-\$ I was half being sarcastic and half basically saying: "well, that was a stupid thing to do."

Shades2585 · September 21, 2006, 12:21:41 PM

Quote from: Say on September 21, 2006, 10:56:25 AM
SHADES BIT ME AND I HAD TO SMACK HIM WITH A NEWSPAPER!!

... ok not really!

Ouch!

-Rubs nose- I'll behave I promise.

Trying to figure out what I did?

I don't remember biting anyone.

Say · September 21, 2006, 05:04:53 PM

Alright then Rob, let that be a lesson to you!

Petra, what was that story about the dog?
*reads title again and feels curious*

Petra Rocks · September 21, 2006, 05:15:00 PM

I dunno. People are always saying stories about men biting dogs get more attention that dogs biting men, since the former is so much more uncommon. I've never actually heard of a man biting a dog, but I'll be sure to share it if I do.

icarus · September 22, 2006, 10:31:14 PM

Well in the Netherlands wehave a tv program called man bites dog. But in the vprogram no dog is ever bitten. There are harly any animalsn in that program.

Yonkey · September 24, 2006, 01:41:39 PM

Dogs biting men is news to the people who actually know the men. It's just not news-worthy material.

TribeHasSpoken · September 25, 2006, 01:20:04 AM

That makes me a saaaaad panda

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This tops the man bit dog story.