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Panda bites man, third time offender

Thu, 2009-01-08 08:26 -- John Hawks

"Zookeepers had to use tools to pry open the animal's jaws."

In October, Gu Gu bit a teen intruder. And in 2007, he bit a drunken tourist who jumped into his pen and tried to hug him. The tourist retaliated by biting the bear in the back.

The moral of the story? When your 5-year-old drops a toy into the panda pen, and the panda has attacked twice before, don't jump the five-foot barrier to get it!

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