[Danae]

Prayers for the Davis'.

My husband worked with Dr. Fowler at Washington State Univ. in the 90's. chimps are NOT the kind lovable almost humans they are portrayed to be. They are full of emotions and act on them. They are horribly powerful and NEVER to be trusted. The people hubby worked with NEVER turned their backs on them and ALWAYS treated them with the respect that their strength and emotionality deserve. With extreme caution. Even when the chimps would give them sign language names (the chimps would name the humans, yes indeed).

I feel for these people. They were there to see Moe, who likely would never have hurt a member of someone he considered part of his group. The other two, (and Jealousy would have been a factor along with rage and a ton of other stuff)not being part of their group - according to the social rules chimps follow - would have considered the Davis' fair game, outsiders, infiltrators, and worthy of extermination. The male first, then the female human as males chimps consider other males more dangerous.

I really feel for these folks. They did nothing wrong. I want to know how the hell these other 2 murderous animals were ABLE to get out of their cages. Cause with out a doubt, had that happened at WSU, it would have been considered a SERIOUS emergency and the guns would have come out in rather short order. They take a LOT of safeguards to make sure that it doesn't.

[OldFriend]

So you believe that somehow the loose chimps KNEW that the cake was for Moe?

Hardly likely and I hope you aren't falling for that type of sentimentality.

[StockAyatollah]

A couple of years ago I saw a chimpanzee documentary on Discovery channel. In one scene filmed of the animals in the wild, a male chimp was angry, and possibly jealous as in this case, over the infant chimp that a female chimp held. He grabbed the infant chimp out of its mothers arms and ran up a tree. When the female gave chase, the male turned around and started beating the female with the infant. The male then went off to join a group of other males which proceeded to rip apart and devour the infant. I learned then that chimps are not so cute and cuddly.

[Thermalseeker]

My husband worked with Dr. Fowler at Washington State Univ. in the 90's. chimps are NOT the kind lovable almost humans they are portrayed to be.

That is exactly what I've heard also. My business partner's son worked at Yerkes (sp) Primate Center in Atlanta while he was in college. His job was to feed and care for the various primates they have at the center. He has a lot of stories about how vicious primates are and in particular chimps and orangs.

[GATOR NAVY]

Even when the chimps would give them sign language names (the chimps would name the humans, yes indeed).

What kind of names?

[A knight without armor]

Yet we grow up seeing them on tv dressed in clothes and wearing cosmetics and even smoking cigarettes, etc. The tv people must have excellent trainers.

[Vigilanteman]

. . . chimps are NOT the kind lovable almost humans they are portrayed to be. They are full of emotions and act on them. They are horribly powerful and NEVER to be trusted.

This really describes LIBERALS also, doesn't it?