Wild brawl at zoo leaves even the animals shocked
<p><span>A bizarre clip of families battling it out during a tour at a Chinese Zoo has gone viral, leaving viewers speechless.</span><br /><br /><span>The trivial argument between two tourists on Sunday led to a violent brawl that included at least six people.</span><br /><br /><span>Beijing Wildlife Park has said in a statement that the brawl included a woman and a young child.</span><br /><br /><span>The incident, which occurred in the gorilla area of the zoo, has received a number of responses after being posted to social media site Weibo.</span><br /><br /><span>A woman holding a toddler can be seen kicking another woman while she tries to fight off a third woman on the ground.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr">This biffo at the Beijing wild animal zoo between a couple of families prompted a statement from the zoo. It said the fighting left a deep impression on some nearby animals who copied the humans and had to be taught by staff that fighting isn’t good behaviour. 笑死我了😂 <a href="https://t.co/3X9KcsmSCR">pic.twitter.com/3X9KcsmSCR</a></p>
— Bill Birtles (@billbirtles) <a href="https://twitter.com/billbirtles/status/1424312295589519362?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 8, 2021</a></blockquote>
<p><br /><span>Two men are seen wrestling in the background.</span><br /><br /><span>Bystanders watched the brawl in horror.</span><br /><br /><span>"They shouted at each other, tore at each other and many tourists and animals were watching. The two sides reached a settlement after mediation," a park authority said on WeChat, the Global Times reported.</span><br /><br /><span>The park said that some animals had never witnessed a fight between humans and “followed suit” later that night.</span><br /><br /><span>"Under the patient education of the keeper, [we believe] animals knew that fighting was not good," the park said, the publication reported.</span><br /><br /><span>Viewers said on Twitter that the footage of the fight is “pretty awful to watch”.</span><br /><br /><span>“It's a toss-up between what was more unexpected, the woman kicking the other woman and pulling her hair while holding a baby, or the man who jump-kicked the woman holding the baby,” one woman said.</span><br /><br /><span>“Not sure who learns from whom,” another person wrote.</span></p>
