Chimps Shot Dead After Attacking Visitors At California Sanctuary

WFTV ^ | 3/4/05

[Stone Mountain]

Well, I gotta know now - what was the tagline?

[wideminded]

Maybe the attacking chimpanzees were jealous that Moe was getting a birthday cake and they weren't.

[It's me]

He's not dead.

[PLMerite]

"He's not dead."

If the monkey removed his doo-dads he's been removed from the gene pool. And if he's hurt otherwise as bad as it sounds, he might not pull through at all.

[Teacher317]

"He saw what was happening and had one kind of weapon with him and then got another he felt would be more substantial and shot them," Martarano said. "He pretty much saved a life."
Was this sentence constructed in a remedial composition class?

Nope, just uttered in California, where the mere mention of any specific weapon can probably bring a few dozen charges.

[Gilbo_3]

My bet would be well less than a tenth as strong. and they dont have the taboo fears of breaking or biting anything that will disable their adversary.

I'm in reasonably good shape, but i bet i couldnt 'swing around' with a chimp in the playground for 1/10 th the time...

[Gilbo_3]

They will rip your reproductive organs off,

Is this chimp behaviour, or primates in general ???

Ive also heard that chimps will make war, using 'tools' [weapons] against any intruders into their 'turf'? I think it was a nature documentary that reported this, but the aggression and battle was ruthless...

[MarIboro]

Oh they DID get his testicles. Well then, I think a nomination for a Darwin Award is appropriate.

How in the world did the chimp get hold of the guys balls? Did he have them hanging out or something? If he had on a good pair of levi's 501's that never would have happened.

[libstripper]

I learned how truly vicious and dangerous wild chimps could be from watching a Discovery Channel special where a tribe of them hunted monkeys. I never even liked the little ones. Now I just find them all disgusting.

[Centurion2000]

How in the world did the chimp get hold of the guys balls? Did he have them hanging out or something? If he had on a good pair of levi's 501's that never would have happened.

The chimp bit through his clothes and chewed off his balls and his ankle

[passionfruit]

You are so right. Americans don't do eccentric as well as the British. Fortunately, we got insanity down pat.

Fortunately the difference between insanity and eccentricity is how much money you have.

It is my goal to achieve eccentricity by the time I die.

[TASMANIANRED]

Strength could be part of the problem , the other parts were pure savagery and agility.

Humans fighting each other generally do not chew each other's genitalia off , nor do they rip each other's faces off.

Between the 2 chimps an old man was attacked by 8 hands and 2 pair of vicious chompers.

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

Now that I think about it, I guess the chimp went nuts!

[7.62 x 51mm]

"...as in, your cat has not eaten you only because you are too big to chew..."

Holy crappola. I'm looking at 2 well-fed condo cats, who are very affectionate. Does that mean they're 1-2 steps away from carnivorism? Yikes! I've heard this, and pondered this, once before. Double yikes.

[7.62 x 51mm]

Dogs have masters, chimps have *whatever*, and cats have staff...

[Pharmboy]

Good job...

[WorkingClassFilth]

Because monkeys are funny?

[Zechariah11]

I thought that if your testicles got cut off that you'd die. Guess I was wrong.

[missyme]

Good Job???
Ah Came in late on the topic!
Anyways saw this on the news YIKES! what a horrible attack. Hope the man will pull through.

And a Big Hi to you...TGIF!

[RightWhale]

They have the strength of ten men and the worst temper of any creature on earth. Well, sometimes we are as bad.