Man is fine, Panda taken to the doctor.
A man encountered a giant panda in a zoo in China to impress two girls who accompanied him. The video of the man wrestling with the panda is now going viral on social media.
The man identified as Chen was on a visit to Nanchang Zoo in southeast China’s Jiangxi province along with his two female friends on Thursday. He climbed up and jumped into the enclosure of a giant panda to impress his companions.
In the video, Chen can be seen walking towards sleeping Meiling, a 265-pound male panda and touching its head. Disturbed by his touch, the 12-year-old panda woke up and grabbed his leg pushing him to the ground.
The duo wrestled for about five minutes before Chen managed to break away and escape from the enclosure. The entire incident was captured by the CCTV installed in the zoo.
The People’s Daily reported that neither of them was injured in the scuffle. Chen had only a tear in his trousers. The zoo authorities have, however, taken the panda to a doctor to know whether there was an injury.