Gu Gu DEFENDS Again. Was it the Full Moon?

Gu Gu, a 240 lb. panda at the Beijing Zoo attacked a visitor who jumped in to his pen. See story here. Gu Gu has attacked two others who have done this. In this case, zookeepers had to use tools to pry open the panda's jaws.

This article on msn.com has at its side a "special feature" video, Pandas at Play, calling them cute and cuddly.

Was it the Full Moon?

It's always good to keep in mind that the moon effects the tides, and emotions. Those who are "vulnerable" (old, sick, weak, under pressure) can snap.

Pandas are mammals, like humans. When someone violates our space, threatens our territory, we react. It's instinctive to defend your territory. Two others have been attacked; one was a teenager, another was drunk. Someone in their right might probably wouldn't try something like that.

During Full Moons, BACK OFF. People who have high-set rheostats are prime to over-react.

And don't go jumping in to someone else's home territory uninvited and unannounced!

We hope the man, unnamed, recovers, and that zookeepers will do the smart thing - restructure the situation so that people can't just jump in. Right now there is only a 5' retainer.

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Biggest Full Moon of Year Pulls Tides in Italy

Tonight is the biggest full moon of the year ... .. and DO NOT EVER UNDERESTIMATE A FULL MOON

On the left High Tide, on the right Low Tide. (At the Bay of Fundy where I was this fall)

ITALY HIT BY TORRENTIAL RAIN; ROME DECLARES EMERGENCY reads the bloomberg headline.

The reporters are Alessandra Migliaccio and Flavia Krause-Jackson

Remember the moon pulls the tides. They report, "Almost a quarter of Venice is under water amid the highest tides in 22 years. The Tiber has flooded over its banks. Water is everywhere."

More from the article, and we send our prayers:

The city of Rome declared a state of emergency today ...

Record snowfall on Sicily’s Mount Etna, Europe’s highest active volcano, has left eight Boy Scouts stranded on the mountain.

Italy’s civil protection agency predicts another 36 hours of hail, heavy rain and snowfall after two weeks of storms pushed the country’s bridges, roads and transport systems to their limit.

The banks of the Tiber today spilled onto the city’s streets, threatening to submerge its island, and flooding created a lake around the 2,000-year-old Coliseum.

Many of Venice's small islands are submerged.

In Naples, civil protection phone banks were overwhelmed with hundreds of calls from alarmed citizens worried about the rain.

The moon pulls our emotions like the tides, and it's no coincidence that women go into labor at a Full Moon. It's also the origin of our words lunacy, looney, and lunatic.

So take it easy, and take it easy for the next couple of days aftermath. If not you, the person next to you on the highway, or cubicle or even bedroom! We have the Pluto transit, Uranus/Saturn, Christmas, and an economic crisis.

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