Pandas appear to be snugly and friendly.
Like all bears they are classified as omnivorous carnivores.
They bite.
“The giant panda is a mammal classified into order Carnivora, suborder Caniformia, family Ursidae, and subfamily Ailuropodinae [1], and lives in the Chinese provinces of Sichuan and Gansu. Considered a Chinese national treasure, the giant panda is regarded as having a gentle temperament and is protected under the First-Grade State Protection Act by the Chinese Government [2]. We present three cases of giant panda attacks on humans at the Panda House at Beijing Zoo from September 2006 to June 2009 to warn people of the giant panda’s potentially dangerous behavior. The clinical treatment was conducted according to the World Medical Association (WMA) Declaraton of Helsinki-Ethical principles for Medical Research Involving Human Subjects.”
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4276236/
and you can see photos of Panda bites here:
Scroll down for case 1 and case 2 with photos
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4276236/
I did not post the photos here because they are quite
abhorrent to those who are sensitive to the sight of blood and wounds.
They bite...
So does Xi.
Yikes!
Yikes!