"Animals bite, people bite, Mike Tyson bites. So what?"
St. James Davis on Moe the chimpanzee, who was removed from his West Covina, California home by authorities in 1999 for biting off part of a womans finger. Last week Davis and his wife were attacked by two other chimps while visiting Moe at the Animal Haven Ranch outside Bakersfield, California. Davis is fighting for his life after the chimpanzees mutilated his face, foot, hands, buttocks, and genitalia.
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Jeez, that bites!... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Bill M | March 8, 2005 1:41 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Jeez, that bites!
1. Posted by Bill M | March 8, 2005 1:41 AM |
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Posted on March 8, 2005 01:41
2. Posted by Jinx McHue | March 8, 2005 2:13 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Awful! My thoughts and prayers are with him and his family.
[willowy voice]Oh, oh, but chimps are such gentle, harmless creatures! And they're so similar to us! How could they possibly do that?[/willowy voice]
Suffice it to say, I'm sure there are a lot of people who are more concerned about the fate of the chimps than they are the human being.
And it just amazes me how often people are shocked - SHOCKED - when wild animals kept as pets attack people. Duh! Hello?! Get a flippin' clue! When are we going to crack down on this idiotic practice?
2. Posted by Jinx McHue | March 8, 2005 2:13 AM |
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Posted on March 8, 2005 02:13
3. Posted by Cybrludite | March 8, 2005 5:26 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
For the record, if a chimp's just ripped off my face & balls, shoot me after you've shot the chimp.
3. Posted by Cybrludite | March 8, 2005 5:26 AM |
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Posted on March 8, 2005 05:26
4. Posted by Jeff | March 8, 2005 6:27 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Darwin's Theory: A smart monkey doesn't monkey around with another monkey's monkey.
4. Posted by Jeff | March 8, 2005 6:27 AM |
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Posted on March 8, 2005 06:27
5. Posted by julie | March 8, 2005 7:06 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Gee, and I always thought it was only a schtick by Frank J.
They say chimps are 5 times stronger than a man because of the density of their muscles -- that you would have a better chance against a bear bc you could curl up in a ball, whereas, a chimp would just unpeel you like a banana.
5. Posted by julie | March 8, 2005 7:06 AM |
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Posted on March 8, 2005 07:06
6. Posted by julie | March 8, 2005 7:10 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
We had a tiger running loose the week before and shot. The owners never reported its escape weeks earlier. There is no law requiring the reporting of ownership of "privately owned" tigers.
6. Posted by julie | March 8, 2005 7:10 AM |
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Posted on March 8, 2005 07:10
7. Posted by Laurence Simon | March 8, 2005 7:19 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
How did the chimp escape? Did the animal park build a fence that the World Court demanded to have torn down because it violated his chimpanzee rights?
7. Posted by Laurence Simon | March 8, 2005 7:19 AM |
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Posted on March 8, 2005 07:19
8. Posted by julie | March 8, 2005 7:28 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Chimps. Four chimps escaped. Inside job?
8. Posted by julie | March 8, 2005 7:28 AM |
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Posted on March 8, 2005 07:28
9. Posted by Paladin | March 8, 2005 9:30 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Awesome quote!
9. Posted by Paladin | March 8, 2005 9:30 AM |
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Posted on March 8, 2005 09:30
10. Posted by Greg | March 8, 2005 9:54 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
So, let me get this straight: California will not let a law-abiding resident, after background check, own a semi-automatic rifle that LOOKS military (even if functionally the same as a hunting rifle), but WILL let people own, without regulation, dangerous wild animals capable of killing people?? Right. Got it.
10. Posted by Greg | March 8, 2005 9:54 AM |
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Posted on March 8, 2005 09:54
11. Posted by McGehee | March 8, 2005 9:59 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Wild animals don't kill people. Guns kill people.
That's California logic for ya.
11. Posted by McGehee | March 8, 2005 9:59 AM |
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Posted on March 8, 2005 09:59
12. Posted by Fersboo | March 8, 2005 10:26 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
My only hope is that St. James Davis [what a dumbass name!] did not contribute to the gene pool before this awful [awful funny too!] attack.
12. Posted by Fersboo | March 8, 2005 10:26 AM |
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Posted on March 8, 2005 10:26
13. Posted by patrick | March 8, 2005 12:18 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
guns don't kill people people kill people, but the gun helps. One problem that my party has is that this woman and her husband probably belong to it, on TV the wife said "my husband was trying to reason with the chimps" makes me want to own a gun.
13. Posted by patrick | March 8, 2005 12:18 PM |
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Posted on March 8, 2005 12:18
14. Posted by Carrick Talmadge | March 8, 2005 12:31 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
A couple of comments:
1) Actually, chimps aren't monkeys. You'd think the USA Today reporter would get that right, having ready access to chimp experts and all. Correctly, chimps are apes. Monkeys belong to the family Cercopithecidae, and chimpanzees (along with gorillas and orangutans) to the family Pongidae.
2) And they're so similar to us! How could they possibly do that? --- I think you just answered your own question.
That said, I had no idea they could be so violent.
14. Posted by Carrick Talmadge | March 8, 2005 12:31 PM |
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Posted on March 8, 2005 12:31
15. Posted by Henry | March 8, 2005 3:34 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Heh, having grown up in Bakersfield, California, all I can say is...GOOOO MONKEYSSS
15. Posted by Henry | March 8, 2005 3:34 PM |
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Posted on March 8, 2005 15:34
16. Posted by moseby | March 9, 2005 2:18 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Sounds like a hit to me. Professional too. Hiring 2 chimps with that "retard" strength to rip the guy apart. Just brilliant!!
16. Posted by moseby | March 9, 2005 2:18 PM |
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Posted on March 9, 2005 14:18