Panda at Beijing zoo gnaws on a boy's leg for lunch

Yes, it's true, according to Brietbart. Serial offender GuGu has attacked again at the Beijing zoo; this time the victim was a 15-year old boy:

Eight-year-old Gu Gu, who weighs 110-kilogrammes (242-pounds), attacked the boy after he jumped into the animal's enclosure, the Beijing News reported on Tuesday.

The boy, Li Xitao, had both his legs gnawed to the bone, the paper said.

Monday's attack was not the first time Gu Gu has tasted human flesh.

In September last year, the panda bit a chunk out of a leg of a drunken man who had jumped into the enclosure to "hug" the cuddly animal, according to reports at the time.

Pandas have long been known to have a wild streak and are capable of attacking humans, especially if they feel threatened, experts said after the 2006 attack.

However authorities appeared to lay the blame for Monday's mauling on the boy, rather than Gu Gu.

Police reportedly said the boy was an itinerant worker with a mental illness, who not only illegally jumped into the panda's enclosure, but also climbed over the zoo wall to avoid buying an entry ticket.

Okay, the boy is excused from jumping into the cage (he had a mental illness, afterall). But why did that guy jump in in 2006? What was he thinking?

This reminds me of a panda attack video I saw on one of those home-movie shows. It was a man who was attacked by a panda in Sichuan province; the man wasn't even in the cage, just sitting outside with his back turned. The panda walked over and began attacking his back, eventually ripping the man's jacket from his body.

I had never seen a panda so active before. Most of the time they don't even look like they're alive.