Migrant Worker

Sometimes we migrant workers just can’t handle the stress anymore, and we find ourselves doing inappropriate things. Like biting pandas.

A drunken Chinese migrant worker jumped into a panda enclosure at the Beijing Zoo, was bitten by the bear and retaliated by chomping down on the animal’s back, state media said Wednesday.
Zhang Xinyan, from the central province of Henan, drank four jugs of beer at a restaurant near the zoo before visiting Gu Gu the panda on Tuesday, the Beijing Morning Post said.

“He felt a sudden urge to touch the panda with his hand,” and jumped into the enclosure, the newspaper said.

The panda, who was asleep, was startled and bit Zhang, 35, on the right leg, it said. Zhang got angry and kicked the panda, who then bit his other leg. A tussle ensued, the paper said.

“I bit the fellow in the back,” Zhang was quoted as saying in the newspaper. “Its skin was quite thick.”

This reminds me of a sarcastic comment I often hear about the boring nature of Chinese journalism and the sensationalism American journalism:
The Chinese paper reports: Dog bites Man!
The American paper reports: Man bites Dog!

Sure enough, this man bites panda story comes not from a Chinese newspaper, but MSNBC. And it also gives me the excuse to post my favorite picture of a panda.