Student who tried to hug panda gets bitten

 

A recent story out of China reports that a college student was bitten by a panda after climbing into the bear's enclosure at a zoo in Beijing.

An employee of the park said the 20-year-old student, who scaled a 6.5-foot-high fence around the panda's habitat, wanted to give the bear a hug. The panda, however, rejected the student's advances by chomping into the man's arms and legs.

"Yang Yang was so cute and I just wanted to cuddle him. I didn't expect he would attack," said the unidentified hugger.

After having surgery, the young man, who is still in the hospital, is out of danger.

I'd really like to know what this gentleman is studying; I'm guessing it's not zoology.

What's really sad about this story, however, is that it's not the first time this has happened. Last year a panda at the Beijing Zoo attacked a teenager, ripping chunks out of his legs, when he jumped a barrier while the bear was being fed.

In 2006, the same panda bit a drunk tourist who broke into his enclosure and tried to hug him while he was asleep.

Cute doesn't always mean cuddly, OK? Britney Spears is cute again, right? But it wasn't too long ago she was shaving her head. Is a cue ball cuddly? It's your decision. Choose wisely.

Hugs aren't always better than drugs.