Country: USA
Location: National Zoo, Washington DC
Date: 18 March 2008
Panda: Tai Shan (Peaceful Mountain)
Details:
A keeper was bitten by Tai Shan while placing food in the panda enclosure’s yard area. The keeper was unaware that the panda had re-entered the yard and was attacked from behind. The Washington Post notes:
Keepers no longer enter Tai Shan’s yard for safety reasons, according to Gibbons, which has been the case since the cub weighed 70 pounds; now two-and-a-half years old, he weighs 170 pounds.
USA Today reported:
The keeper took 2-year-old Tai Shan indoors before placing food in his yard, Gibbons said in a statement. The panda re-entered the yard and approached the keeper from behind, playfully grabbing her with his mouth, Gibbons said. Pandas have sharp teeth, used for chewing bamboo.
Link: Panda cub injures zoo keeper
Its a panda!!! OMG!! he was a baby panda ~!!!!seroiusly!!