IF YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT BLOOD AND GORE I RECOMMEND YOU SKIP THIS CHAPTER.

Pandas are actually lots of both. They can be very protective when you get close to their babies, and if you do, they're very strong and can hurt you by hitting you or biting you with their powerful jaws. But, they can also be playful if you don't get close to them. For example, one researcher found a panda that  walked up onto a hill with  snow on it, and slid down on its stomach, and then climbed back up and did it again! Also, in panda reserves, they sometimes have toys that you can rock on, and like the image above they go on it and slowly do it! Even though they're rare, there still has been 2 protective panda attacks. For example,  on September 19, 2006, a 28-year-old drunken male tourist visiting Beijing City Zoo named Zhang XX was attacked when he jumped into the giant panda enclosure and tried to pet it to show off to his companion. His right calf was bitten severely by this giant panda and was diagnosed as an open injury with skin defect. The debridement procedure was performed at almost midnight after a tetanus antitoxin was injected. The bite site was quite irregular with many small wounds, which may indicate that the patient struggled with the giant panda after being bitten. A free Latissimus Dorsi muscle flap and skin graft were performed to cover his skin defect 7 days after the first debridement. The only other big one was when  on June 7, 2009, a 39-year-old male tourist visiting Beijing City Zoo named Ma XX was attacked by a giant panda after accidentally falling into its enclosure. His left foot and right elbow joint were bitten by the giant panda. The wound was debrided and VSD performed. A free latissimus dorsi muscle flap was performed to cover the right elbow composited tissue defect and a free skin graft was performed to cover the skin defect on his left foot 10 days after the first debridement . So, as you can see, they can be VERY protective and you should be careful around them, but, they can also be very playful too.

(All credit for this chapter shouldn't be mine. I did not make these words.)