He should have waited till the primate ripped off his face and ate it. Grown chimps can be extremely dangerous.
“Grown chimps can be extremely dangerous”
Absolutely. Also most people have no idea how strong. We had a neighbor in the 70s that had a female. She got hold of his car keys once and bent them like paper clips.
Later he moved in with a woman at the beach because she also had a chimp so the two could be companions.
Their enclosure was an inside/outside deal with the outside facing the beach. Even with warning signs all over not to get too close and do not touch the cage sure enough two kids walked up and one put his hand close to the cage. “Bonnie” grabbed his hand and bit one of his fingers clean off.
At the end of the day its a wild animal.