Unsuspecting visitors waiting to see Edinburgh Zoo's new giant pandas have become the victims of a jealous penguin rage.

The UK’s only pair of such pandas, Tian Tian and Yang Guang, arrived from China last month and the zoo has seen a noticeable increase in the number of people coming to catch a glimpse of them.

But not everyone is excited by the new arrivals.

The BBC reports several rockhopper penguins, whose enclosure neighbours the pandas' enclosure, could be suffering from a case of "monochrome jealousy" and are taking their envy out on innocent bystanders.

A 41-year-old zoo-goer, who didn't want to be named said: "We were queuing to see the pandas when a man in front shouted out in surprise that his jacket had been hit by a big dollop of penguin poo.

"It was really oily and stank of fish. It was disgusting."

Gary Wilson, director of business operations at the zoo said the birds have been particularly interested in the pandas ever since they arrived at their new home.

"[They're] extremely curious birds, they often gather next to the wall to see what's happening below. We're hoping it's not a case of monochrome jealousy, but one or two of our rockhoppers seem to have had surprisingly good aim," Mr Wilson said.

Most of those unfortunate enough to cop the brunt of the poo pelting have laughed it off, however, the zoo plans to install a glass panel to protect visitors from future attacks.?

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動物也和人一樣，當發(fā)現(xiàn)有其他動物比自己更加受關(guān)注和喜愛的時候，會羨慕、嫉妒，進而進行無差別攻擊。日前，在英國愛丁堡動物園就發(fā)生了這么一起“因嫉妒引發(fā)的糞彈風波”。

“甜甜”和“陽光”是上月剛抵達英國愛丁堡動物園開始新生活的兩只中國大熊貓。當?shù)孛癖娂捌湎矏圻@兩只大熊貓，前往動物園觀看熊貓的人數(shù)也不斷攀升。但它們的受寵卻招來了鄰居企鵝的嫉妒。這些善妒的跳巖企鵝竟然朝排隊觀看大熊貓的人群投“糞彈”。

相關(guān)人員回憶了當時的情況，他們正在排隊看熊貓，突然前面的一個男人驚訝地尖叫起來，原來他的夾克被一大團企鵝糞便擊中了。

據(jù)愛丁堡動物園負責人介紹，這些跳巖企鵝之所以有如此舉動，可能是患了“黑白嫉妒”癥。企鵝的家就在“甜甜”和“陽光”新家的旁邊，自熊貓來此定居以來，企鵝每天都會饒有興趣地盯著熊貓館?！斑@些企鵝的好奇心真地很重，它們經(jīng)常聚集到墻邊，密切注視著熊貓館的一切?！笨粗瑯邮恰昂诎着洹钡泥従娱T前總是人來人往，企鵝們大概覺得自己受到了冷落，嫉妒之情也由此而生。

據(jù)悉，目前這些企鵝們只發(fā)動過一次“糞彈”襲擊，而且大多數(shù)游人對此也都只是一笑置之。不過，據(jù)愛丁堡動物園業(yè)務(wù)運營部門主任威爾遜說，為了防止類似事件再度發(fā)生，動物園正在考慮在企鵝的家周圍安裝玻璃板。

看來企鵝的脾氣也夠大啊，提醒大家去看企鵝的時候可要小心“糞彈”襲擊啊。