You know what?  I think this is freaking HILARIOUS!!  Why anyone would think that they could cuddle with a panda??!!

When giant panda cubs attack

Last updated at 12:00pm on 18th December 2006

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One moment a Chinese tourist was posing happily with a bunch of giant panda cubs, the next she was discovering what it's like to become an endangered species.

The young woman had paid £80 to be photographed with some of the younger residents at the Wolong Panda Reserve in Sichuan Province.

She made the mistake of stroking them on the head a little too enthusiastically - and found herself suddenly knocked to the ground.

The woman had to be dragged from the pen while a panda gripped her around the waist, and was eventually lifted out of danger by her boyfriend.

Fortunately, giant pandas are strictly vegetarian - prefering bamboo to human leg - and she escaped without serious injury.