Shocking moment PANDAS attack zookeeper in front of screaming onlookers at Chinese zoo: Victim is knocked to the ground and gnawed on until colleague races in to rescue her
This is the shocking moment pandas attack a zookeeper in front of screaming onlookers at a Chinese zoo.
Footage shows the pandas chasing the zookeeper as she appears with snacks, with one of them nibbling her ankles before another knocks her to the ground.
Both animals climb over the terrified zookeeper and quickly bury her beneath them while clawing at her head and appearing to nibble on her neck, arms and legs.
The helpless worker rolls back and forth hoping to get the huge pandas off, but only one of them runs away, while the other holds her down and gnaws her midriff in front of hundreds of screaming visitors.
Such attacks are highly unusual and pandas rarely attack humans or other animals. It is not known what caused the attack.
The pandas are clawing at the zookeeper’s head and appear to be nibbling on her neck, arms and legs
But only one of the panas runs away, while the other holds her down and gnaws her midriff in front of hundreds of screaming visitors
The terrified woman was buried under the two giant pandas that gnawed on her
According to reports, the zookeeper suffered only minor injuries in the attack
It appears the pandas bit the zookeeper and scratches were visible on her shoulder after the attack
The zookeeper lost a shoe in the giant panda attack at the Chongqing Zoo in China
After one of the pandas ran away, the second one seemed to gnaw at her diaphragm and she tried her best to push it away with her hands
When she finally manages to get up, the zookeeper also has a tear in her shirt scratches on her shoulder.
A colleague ran outside to help the stricken woman, but was soon chased by the animal itself.
The clip ends with both workers trying to escape to safety in the enclosure as the panda, apparently a juvenile, gives chase.
According to reports, the zookeeper suffered only minor injuries in the attack.
The bizarre scenes were filmed on Tuesday at the Chongqing Zoo in the sprawling Chinese megacity of the same name.
A local resident said: ‘That happened because the zookeeper looked inexperienced. She should have run away, but instead she tried to stop them.”
Another wrote: ‘They don’t care about her because she doesn’t love them, she’s just doing her job, they won’t tolerate cheating.’
“Their strength is amazing, luckily the zookeeper is doing well.”