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Olympia Rebus
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03-05-2005 08:01
Good gawd...
 Primate Party Goes Awry From the article: "I had no idea a chimpanzee was capable of doing that to a human," said Kern County Fire Capt. Curt Merrell, who was among the first on the scene. _____________________
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03-05-2005 09:41
Damn... that is terrible.
People easily forget that anilams like this are wild and you can't "really" trust them not to turn on you. One question though... [SATIRE] Why couldn't this story have been about Bubbles and Michael Jackson? [/SATIRE] _____________________
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Danny DeGroot
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03-05-2005 10:18
Chimpanzees are IMMENSELY powerful animals.
An adult chimpanzee can completely dislocate a human hand simply by gripping the wrist. Billy's remark is well taken...wild animals never lose their wildness, and owners can coddle them for years with the delusion that they've established some kind of special relationship with them...only to discover, to their horror, in a split-second incident out of nowhere, just how presumptuous they were. The Vegas magicians Sigfreid and Roy learned that lesson, and now it appears it was this couple's turn. == danny d. |
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Urusula Zapata
I love my Pugs!
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03-05-2005 10:32
It wasn't their Moe that attacked them. Four other chimps escaped from their cage and attacked. Their chimp was still in his cage.
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Teeny Leviathan
Never started World War 3
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03-05-2005 14:21
Intelligent, strong, and throws its own shit at you. Not exactly the best pet one could have.
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Olympia Rebus
Muse of Chaos
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03-05-2005 18:50
[SATIRE] Why couldn't this story have been about Bubbles and Michael Jackson? [/SATIRE] Maybe it happened to Michael too- ever seen a close up photo of his face? Seriously, though, Jackson set a terrible example by getting (and publicizing) a pet chimp. As others have pointed out, they're cute as youngsters but strong, dangerous and unpredictable as adults. Even Moe (the former pet who didn't attack) had a rap sheet for biting strangers. An "pet" chimp often spends much of his adult life in a cage or chained up to keep him out of trouble, which to me sounds like an unhappy existance. _____________________
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Jolene Jade
JOJO THE GREAT
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03-05-2005 19:24
freakie outie....my Pop had reese monkeys...those are are wild animals to spite their cuteness. they are smart....you get the feeling...maybe humans pissed them off?
i havent ever heard of them being that violent with each other....i wont be pissing off any monkeys in the future....dayum..appendages lost and even an eye???? what the hell is going on with monkey and their caregivers.....???? _____________________
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Hiro Pendragon
bye bye f0rums!
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03-06-2005 22:38
Oh, mannnnnn..... I had heard about this on CNN... but the "all the fingers on both hands, eyes..." *shudders*
I was gonna crack a joke in Johnny Carson voice but... *shudders* _____________________
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Rose Karuna
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03-07-2005 06:24
Do you think it's possible that the other two chimps were upset because Moe was having a birthday party and they weren't invited?
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Olympia Rebus
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03-07-2005 08:33
Do you think it's possible that the other two chimps were upset because Moe was having a birthday party and they weren't invited? Nah..... Later in the article, a chimp expert suggested the very same thing. But ape expert Deborah Fouts, director of the Chimp and Human Communication Institute at Central Washington University, said the attack may have been prompted by an emotion that chimps may share with humans: jealousy. "Chimpanzees have a real sense of right and wrong and fairness and unfairness," said Fouts, who has worked with chimps for four decades. "It sounds like people were showering a lot of attention on Moe, birthday cake and the like…. Perhaps the other chimps were jealous of Moe." _____________________
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Xtopherxaos Ixtab
D- in English
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03-07-2005 09:15
"Git yer hands off of me! You damn, dirty apes!"
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03-07-2005 09:43
HAHA... nice Charlton Heston reference there!!! love it
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