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Watch: Hilarious selfie with panda doesn’t go as planned

A panda in a zoo in China, like the one pictured above, didn’t feel like cooperating when a zoo visitor tried to get a selfie with the black and white bear. What happened next was caught on camera.

Credit: MOHD RASFAN

Credit: MOHD RASFAN

A panda in a zoo in China, like the one pictured above, didn’t feel like cooperating when a zoo visitor tried to get a selfie with the black and white bear. What happened next was caught on camera.
By Shelby Lin Erdman, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
April 25, 2017

A zoo keeper trying to take a selfie with a panda at a zoo in China learns the hard way that wild animals, like pandas, are often unpredictable.

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In a video posted by ABC, the keeper attempts to take a picture with the black and white bear, but it isn't cooperating, instead the panda bites her head and pulls her hair.

The panda grabbed onto her head for a few seconds until another zoo worker came to the rescue, gently patting the bear until it released the woman's hair.

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It’s unclear if the keeper ever got a picture with the panda.

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