Uninvited guest welcomed to enjoy honey feast at village apiary

Source: Shanghai Daily | September 10, 2015, Thursday |

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A wild giant panda showed up inside an apiary Tuesday afternoon in a village in Sichuan Province and did not leave until it ate a dozen bars of honey, the local media reported.

Villagers at Baoxing County discovered the panda prowling around the apiary about 5pm and believed it could have been attracted by the inviting smell of honey.

Villagers said the panda did not look afraid of human beings as they looked on. It kept looking around for honey and had eaten more than 10 bars of honey before it left.

County officials said it's not surprising for local farmers to have encounters with wild pandas because the local natural environment is well conserved.

Giant pandas are among the world's most endangered species. Statistics from the State Forestry Administration show about 1,600 pandas live in the wild, mostly in the mountains of Sichuan, while about 300 are held in captivity in zoos worldwide.

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Uninvited guest welcomed to enjoy honey feast at village apiary

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