[Faline]

A red panda at Maruyama Zoo in Japan has become an internet star after its amusing reaction to a zookeeper entering its enclosure was captured on camera by a visitor.
In the video, three red pandas, also known as firefoxes, are gathered around a bowl at feeding time.
The sudden appearance of a zookeeper's wellington boot in the doorway causes one of the cubs to nearly jump out of its skin in fright.
Letting out a screech it falls over backwards in surprise.
The video, which was uploaded a week ago, has gone viral, attracting more than one million views on YouTube.

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[Oswald2001]

Don't provoke animals.

[Kanda444]

i hate to be a hippie here... but that was sad.

[Faline]

Originally Posted by Oswald2001 ↗

Don't provoke animals.

He stepped down off a step accidently scaring him, not on purpose.
I've stepped outside my back door and my sudden presence has scared my rabbit and he's scooted off lol

[mcpronoun]

[Sharon]

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!! I adore red pandas and their wee faces on here are sooooooooooooo CUTE

Aye, the guy didn't purposefully scare him, but what a reaction

[kellyhound]

almost a heart attack

[Faline]

Originally Posted by mpcronin ↗

For walking in to feed an animal lol

Stupid for enclosing them in the first place maybe but just a genuine accident i see here, not intent to cause harm.

[Azimuth]

Originally Posted by Kanda444 ↗

i hate to be a hippie here... but that was sad.

I thought so too, poor little thing. I hate to see animals enclosed anyway. And yes, I know that in the wild they can starve, etc. But that's nature.

[RedneckR0nin]

I was ons of the first too see the baby panda at the Calgary Zoo long ago. This wasnt too bad...shit happens.