* His most recent victim was 28-year-old Zhang Jiao, who entered the panda pen to try and retrieve his son's toy on January 7th.
* Amazingly, when Gu Gu attacked and sunk his teeth into Zhang's left and right legs, the man did not fight back out of respect for the national treasure.
* Gu Gu first came to fame (or infamy) on September 19, 2006 when he bit an inebriated Chinese man who jumped into his enclosure and tried to hug him. * Zhang Xinyan, 35, did retaliate by biting the panda on its back. However, he found he fur here was too thick for the bear to take notice.
* A second incident occurred on Tuesday October 23, 2007, when 15 year old Li Xitao jumped the barrier and climbed into the panda exercise area while Gu Gu and another bear were being fed.
* The bear was startled and bit the boy on both legs, ripping chunks from both of them.
* According to medical officials, Li was so viciously attacked that his bones were showing, and chunks of flesh were left behind in the ambulance.
* The attack was reported by witnesses to have lasted 3 to 4 minutes.
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