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Panda bites zoo trespasser - again

A panda with a record of aggressive behaviour attacked a man who jumped into its enclosure at a Beijing zoo to pick up a toy.

The nine-year-old panda, Gu Gu, bit the man on his legs but was driven away by a zoo worker brandishing a broom, the Beijing Youth Daily said.

The man had jumped into the enclosure to retrieve a toy dropped by a child. He was taken to hospital and given a rabies shot, but his actual injuries were slight.

If this story sounds familiar, it will be because this is not the first time Gu Gu has bitten somebody. Twice before he has attacked people who climbed in to his cage, one who was simply curious, and one who was drunk and bit Gu Gu first.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .