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Wild panda makes sweet score raiding honey farmer's hives

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A bee farmer in Southwest China's Sichuan Province found himself helpless as a wild panda helped itself to honey straight from his hives, media reported on Wednesday.

The Baoxing county villager called local authorities Tuesday after he discovered the sweet-toothed panda dipping into 10 box beehives.

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Authorities arrived to find the panda crouching in the corner, completely absorbed with his desert and undeterred by their presence.

"This panda didn't fear people standing a meter away," said Jiang Xiandong, a local official.

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Concerned about how to handle China's most protected and treasured animal, the nonplussed officials eventually left the panda to gorge itself on the honey at around 9 pm.

"The panda may have finally left around midnight," said Jiang.

The bee farmers explained that although they had encountered pandas showing up at farm houses for food in the past, this was the first time to see one get into the beehives.

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