re: #136 Barefoot Grin
You laugh, but I’ve seen construction workers plummet to their deaths when a jolly panda gnawed away their support base.
Seoul was undergoing a terrific building boom in the 80s. Bamboo scaffolding 8-9 stories high was held together with bent welding rods. They were also digging the subway—a bus drove straight into the 20’ deep ditch one night. Somebody had to resign.