Chimp Attack!

[siredbyspike]

Has anyone else seen this on the news? I just caught a little of it, and am getting ready to google it now. The news said the 911 tapes are being released from this. Apparently a lady owned a chimp for a pet, he was about 200lbs., and she had had him for a long time. He wouldn't come back in when she let him out, so she called somebody to help her get him in and she had "changed her hair and the chimp didn't recognize her" and attacked. He bit her face off and bit off her hands and tried to eat them. There is also talk that the owner gave the chimp xanax. Whaaaat? This is crazy to me. I just find it hard to believe a chimp would just snap like that and get so violent over a hairdo. I think there was much more going on, and if they did give the chimp xanax than wow-how could you do that?
This is why you shouldn't have chimps for pets! Yes, they seem cute and cuddly but you never really know what can happen i guess. And it also is up to the pet owner to take care of their animal, and understand what kind of animal you have. I just wanted to know if anyone else had seen this?

[BlueJay]

I don't like monkeys.

[wenxina]

Jay: Chimps are technically apes, not monkeys.

But chimps are crazy strong. And while there may be more that the owner is saying right now, chimps have been known to be highly particular about visual cues (they have excellent vision as well, as you may well imagine). I've known people who worked with chimps, and there was this one male chimp that wouldn't cooperate unless the handler wore a blond wig and red lipstick. True story.

[BlueJay]

In my book, it's all the same. Ignorant yes, but draw a chimp and most people will say monkey.

[Iceeh★]

And *this* is why I'm a cat person.