Someone watched too much Kung Fu Panda!
A giant panda bit a caretaker at the San Diego Zoo after breaking out of its enclosure.
Bai Yun the panda pushed her way through an unsecured door in the back of her exhibit area on Sunday and bit a staff member working there, says zoo spokeswoman.
“Giant pandas are wild bears, they can be aggressive at times. Pandas are by nature solitary animals. This is a bear that had moved into area where she was unfamiliar.”
She added,
“Any number of things could have contributed to her being concerned. We’ve never had a bite like this. Our keepers don’t go into the enclosure with adult bears. This is extremely rare”
The spokes person declined to say if the bite was considered an attack on the worker by the Bai Yun or if zookeepers were concerned with her behavior.
[Image via WENN.]