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WATCH: Bei Bei gets his bearings after falling out of tree

By Teta Alim

WASHINGTON — Need some midweek inspiration? Let the National Zoo’s panda cub Bei Bei remind you that no matter how hard you fall, you can always get back up.

In a video shared on Twitter by the Smithsonian’s National Zoo, the playful panda is seen getting caught in a tree branch — upside down. In a bit of a predicament, Bei Bei tries to right himself when … the branch breaks and Bei Bei goes tumbling down.

Don’t worry: The resilient rascal pops right back up and gets climbing again. The zoo also added that giant pandas are “built to withstand falls.”

Woman mauled by shark off Sydney beach grabs onto a lifeguard’s paddleboard

By The Associated Press
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A 3.5-meter (11-foot) shark critically injured a woman off a popular Sydney beach on Saturday, and she managed to grab onto a lifeguard’s paddleboard before they made it to shore. The 35-year-old suffered serious leg and arm injuries in the attack at 11:15 a.m. off Coogee Beach, a police statement said. “I saw the shark come out of the water and just the size of it shocked me,” lifeguard Charlie Verco told Sydney’s The Sunday Telegraph newspaper. He was in the area on his 5.5-meter (18-foot) paddleboard and was the first rescuer to the scene. “I kept paddling towards her and the shark took her underwater and I was going, ‘What do I do now?’ A couple of seconds later, she popped up again,” Verco said.
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