Wednesday, September 20, 2006

Even better than a "Man Bites Dog" story

From the AP, out of Beijing, "Man Bites Panda."

Seems a drunk man decided the pandas at the Beijing zoo were all cute and cuddly, and just had to hug one. The panda took exception to be startled awake from its nap and bit the drunk guy on the leg. The drunk guy took exception to being bitten by a panda and bit the panda back. The panda then went for the other leg, and, as the AP report so succinctly put it, "A tussle ensued."

The drunk guy required stitches--and he should consider himself lucky that is all he needs, since the panda's diet consists of a plant that is also used as a substitute for concrete rebar. Preliminary reports indicate the panda is OK.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

What I find interesting about this report was where ... "tourists yelled for a zookeeper, who got the panda under control by spraying it with water" ... as if the panda was at fault. Well, I hate to disagree, but I think it was the drunken idiot who should have been sprayed down and subdued. The panda was startled from a deep sleep, and was just fending off the intruder. When the guy obviously could not take a hint, the Panda proceeded to kick his butt to the curb. In the Panda's 'shoes', I would have done the exact same thing.

Anonymous said...

My father always told me if I were attacked, "Dead men tell no lies." Perhaps someone should have given that man a shot with the cattle prod and the panda some extra rebar for dinner!