Six-Year-Old Girl Bitten By Exotic Monkey

ClickonDetroit ^ | April 11, 2008

[BradyLS]

Not gonna say it. Not gonna say it!

[Brilliant]

“The woman who cares for the monkey said she’s lived with him for several years without any health concerns.”

Scheiss for brains, I’d say.

[Daveinyork]

Just like my parrot, a pet monkey is a tame wild animal. If a child approached my parrot that way, he would either flee, or put a serious gash in her hand.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

The girl, whose name is Reece, was playing near the Trenton Assembly of God when she spotted the monkey being walked on a leash.
Reece said it ran up to her and bit her on the finger.
"We were playing and I said, 'look there's a monkey'. And then, um, it bit me," said Reece. Must have been a really long leash.

I could be wrong but I think a couple of things are missing from this account.

Not to say that monkeys don't bite for next to no reason because they do. Just a , um, feeling.

[dr.zaeus]

I’d say that it deserves a good spanking.

[reformedliberal]

Many children see animals as toys, IMO.

We have an Akita. He is an older dog, well-behaved and loves people. However, when we are out in public with him, we have to warn children not to grab his head to hug him. He needs to get to know people and a small human, like a child, is not always perceived by pets to be the same as adults. We explain about animals, introduce our dog to the child, and tell them to gently pet his side, first. If he gets to know them, he is fine. Otherwise, he appears to regard an impulsive hug as a potential assault.

My guess is, the girl stuck her hand out right in the monkey’s face and he responded.

[johnny7]

Normal, third-world activities... move along.

[mtbopfuyn]

I could be wrong but I think a couple of things are missing from this account.

Like the kid probably ran up to the monkey screaming and pointed her finger in it's face and scaring it. But, hey, let's kill the monkey anyway.... The girl is probably the one who deserves the spanking.

[jdsteel]

"We were playing and I said, 'look there's a monkey'. And then, um, it bit me," said Reece.

I'll say it..that little girl won't be a superdelegate much longer!!!!

[Melinda in TN]

My Jack Russell Terrier is the opposite. He adores kids and will take all the petting and hugging they want to give him. He withdraws from aggressive adults that try to pet him until he sniffs them first and even then he's still careful. He hates the man across the street. I don't understand his cautiousness with adults because as far as I know nobody has ever been mean to him. If they had, they would have caught grief from me in a hurry.

[BradyLS]

LOL!

But I was thinking along the lines of:

“A moose bit my sister once.”

or

“Mikey won’t like it. He hates everything... He likes it! Hey Mikey!”

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

I thought you couldn’t say Macacca?

[Heatseeker]

Too many kids today aren’t taught how to treat pets properly and behave around them. My mother had purebred Siamese and Himalayans (definitely not de-clawed) when I was little and made it clear to me that if I mishandled them in any way, they had carte blanche to slice me to ribbons.

[rabidralph]

LOL! “And then, um” usually hides a lot of missing information, IIR from my childhood.

[avg_freeper]

If I had nickel for every time I’ve been bit by an exotic monkey...

[ShadowAce]

When I was a kid, my aunt brought home a chimp from Liberia. It bit me on the knee.

I've hated monkeys ever since.

[MrB]

Perhaps it was a “person of color” that said it, then it’s OK.

[LIConFem]

As the owner of a Greenwing Macaw, I concur.

[libstripper]

How long did she keep the chimp? As pointed out here a year or so ago on several threads, as they grow up they turn into really nasty vicious animals. In many cases you’d be better of with a domesticated cougar.