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Tue Jul 1, 2008 3:53 AM EDT
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LOS ANGELES — A 42-year-old chimpanzee who is toilet-trained and can eat with a knife and fork is believed to be at large in a Southern California forest after escaping his cage.
The chimp called Moe disappeared Friday from Jungle Exotics, which trains animals for the entertainment industry. The chimp wandered into a house next door, surprising construction workers who saw him head for a nearby mountain.
A weekend search in the San Bernardino National Forest 50 miles east of Los Angeles came up empty.
"I yelled his name out for hours, for hours, with no one else around. Nothing. Not even a hoot," said LaDonna Davis, who owns Moe with husband St. James Davis.
The Davises, who raised Moe in suburban West Covina for more than three decades, contracted a helicopter to fly over the forest Saturday and Sunday, hoping the noise would flush Moe out of hiding, said Mike McCasland, who's serving as the couple's spokesman. "That's the one thing that does spook him," he said.
"We think he may be hunkered down near a water source," said McCasland. "We think he's in a contained area a quarter-mile away but he's probably disoriented and the brush is extremely heavy."
Searchers also were making noise and calling Moe's name as they scoured the forest. "His survival instincts would probably kick in, even though he's been in captivity for a long time," McCasland said.
San Bernardino County officials were not involved in the search because the chimp did not pose an immediate threat to public safety, but Moe's escape will be investigated, said Brian Cronin, chief of the county's Department of Animal Control and Care Services.
"It's our impression that this was just an error," he said. "Jungle Exotics has always had exemplary ratings."
State Department of Fish and Game officials were investigating whether there was any violation of the facility's permit, said spokesman Steve Martarano.
St. James Davis brought Moe home from Tanzania in 1967 after the baby primate lost his mother to poachers. He and his wife treated Moe as their surrogate son, toilet-training him, teaching him to eat with a knife and fork and letting him sleep in their bed and watch TV.
But local authorities didn't view Moe in the same light. For years, the Davises waged a legal battle to keep Moe in their home.
They finally lost in 1999 when Moe bit part of a woman's finger off when she inserted her hand in his cage. The Davises said he mistook her red-painted fingernail for his favorite licorice. The incident also came after Moe mauled a police officer's hand.
Over the Davises' protests, Moe was taken to an animal sanctuary. But in 2005, when they took a cake to celebrate Moe's birthday with him, the couple was viciously attacked by two other chimpanzees who had escaped their cages.
The chimps nearly killed St. James Davis, chewing off his nose, testicles and foot and biting off chunks of his buttocks and legs, before the sanctuary owner shot the animals to death.
Moe was transferred to Jungle Exotics, where the Davises built him a state-of-the-art cage, McCasland said.
"He's a very personable, sweet, nice chimp," McCasland said. "He's not going to be aggressive unless he's provoked."
The couple, who have no children, broke down in tears at a press conference in Los Angeles.
"What am I going to do?" sobbed LaDonna Davis.
"He meant the world to us," said St. James Davis. "He was the best man at my wedding."
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{"commentId":2092076,"authorDomain":"Billman"}
Dayyum....He ran off with that dudes nose. I wonder if he was a secret agent chimp for Michael Jackson?
He had his nuts, ass and nose chewed off by chimpanzees?
I'm speechless...wow, that doesn't happen often.
{"commentId":2092076,"threadId":"303195","contentId":"1627845","authorDomain":"Billman"}
- 19 votes
#1 - Tue Jul 1, 2008 4:04 AM EDT{"commentId":2094251,"authorDomain":"sphinx"}
Dayyum....He ran off with that dudes nose.
From the article.
But in 2005, when they took a cake to celebrate Moe's birthday with him, the couple was viciously attacked by two other chimpanzees who had escaped their cages.
The chimps nearly killed St. James Davis, chewing off his nose, testicles and foot and biting off chunks of his buttocks and legs, before the sanctuary owner shot the animals to death.
:-)
{"commentId":2094251,"threadId":"303195","contentId":"1627845","authorDomain":"sphinx"}
- 7 votes
{"commentId":2095392,"authorDomain":"tal6620"}
I had a neighbor that looked like that. She had a noise that could be removed. Once I saw her without the noise and it was strange to say the least.
{"commentId":2095392,"threadId":"303195","contentId":"1627845","authorDomain":"tal6620"}
- 4 votes
{"commentId":2095449,"authorDomain":"Billman"}
So what had happened was... Moe was a sleeper agent, programmed by Michael to befriend these people, get taken away and then lure this man to the "chimp prison" where the other two chimps (also agents for Michael) were to chew off his nose and deliver it to the "King of Pop". Unfortunately, they were overachievers, and thought Mike might want some balls too. That's when things went bad and they got shot dead. Moe didn't "escape to the forest" He was beamed back to Neverland. (completely satirical fiction btw)
( edit) @ tal6620...
That's where Michael got the female nose from!!! It's your neighbors!!
{"commentId":2095449,"threadId":"303195","contentId":"1627845","authorDomain":"Billman"}
- 5 votes
{"commentId":2096056,"authorDomain":"TacitusAndronicus"}
This is the beginning of the chimp uprising: watch your nose and balls, and your ass will follow!
Cornelius is about to get his!
{"commentId":2096056,"threadId":"303195","contentId":"1627845","authorDomain":"TacitusAndronicus"}
- 4 votes
{"commentId":2096179,"authorDomain":"babin"}
"YOU BLEW IT UP!!!!!"
"Damn dirty apes...."
{"commentId":2096179,"threadId":"303195","contentId":"1627845","authorDomain":"babin"}
- 3 votes
{"commentId":2096403,"authorDomain":"TacitusAndronicus"}
Hahahah!
"You Chewed it off! Damn it to hell... you chewed it off...!"
{"commentId":2096403,"threadId":"303195","contentId":"1627845","authorDomain":"TacitusAndronicus"}
- 3 votes
{"commentId":2098276,"authorDomain":"pdiel"}
Billman, that is not nice at all :(
{"commentId":2098276,"threadId":"303195","contentId":"1627845","authorDomain":"pdiel"}
- 1 vote
{"commentId":2092114,"authorDomain":"Jerry611"}
"He meant the world to us," said St. James Davis. "He was the best man at my wedding."
I'm sorry, but this man is f*cking screwball!
Chimps ate his foot?! .....Chewed off his nose?! ...... chewed off his BALLS?!
.......... and he had a chip for his "BEST MAN" at his wedding?!!
{"commentId":2092114,"threadId":"303195","contentId":"1627845","authorDomain":"Jerry611"}
- 15 votes
#2 - Tue Jul 1, 2008 4:22 AM EDT{"commentId":2093914,"authorDomain":"homelessokc"}
And
They finally lost in 1999 when Moe bit part of a woman's finger off when she inserted her hand in his cage. The Davises said he mistook her red-painted fingernail for his favorite licorice. The incident also came after Moe mauled a police officer's hand.
I can't believe I'm commenting on this smoke screen.It did it's job,distracting me from real important issues.Shame on whoever put this monkey crap on the front page.Of course ,it could be a warning about the movie"Planet of the Apes" and not the one with Wahlberg.And here I thought I had the Trilateral Commission ,Skull and Bones,Spooks,the deriding of the Constitution,NSPD 51,the Illuminati Agenda,the Bilderberger group and so many others to worry about.
The true enemy is the Primate that many of you claim to have descended from.Oh,my!LOL
"thank you" Newsvine for helping me get my priorities straight.
If it hadn't been on the front page....
{"commentId":2093914,"threadId":"303195","contentId":"1627845","authorDomain":"homelessokc"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":2093995,"authorDomain":"CurtisLow"}
After the chimp bit off his nose, if it would have been me, It would have chimp soup. The End.
Chewed off his nuts? that makes mine hurt just thinking about it... James Davis must be into S&M?
{"commentId":2093995,"threadId":"303195","contentId":"1627845","authorDomain":"CurtisLow"}
{"commentId":2095351,"authorDomain":"rbrazys"}
The nut and face chewing happened after Moe was the best man at the wedding and had bit two people, it was also not done by Moe but two other Chimps that had escaped from their cages where Moe was being held for biting the two people.
{"commentId":2095351,"threadId":"303195","contentId":"1627845","authorDomain":"rbrazys"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":2099361,"authorDomain":"Jerry611"}
Thank you for keeping the details of this impotnt story straight.
{"commentId":2099361,"threadId":"303195","contentId":"1627845","authorDomain":"Jerry611"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":2225843,"authorDomain":"danish"}
If a chimp chewed my nose and balls off, no chimp would ever enter my home again.
{"commentId":2225843,"threadId":"303195","contentId":"1627845","authorDomain":"danish"}
- 1 vote
{"commentId":5748762,"authorDomain":"stonecold614"}
Were the other two named Larry & Curly?
{"commentId":5748762,"threadId":"303195","contentId":"1627845","authorDomain":"stonecold614"}
{"commentId":2092160,"authorDomain":"ericslocum"}
I don't find this funny in the least. It is heartbreaking on many levels. Billman, do you just go from post to post looking to make creepy comments?
{"commentId":2092160,"threadId":"303195","contentId":"1627845","authorDomain":"ericslocum"}
- 12 votes
#3 - Tue Jul 1, 2008 4:51 AM EDT{"commentId":2093848,"authorDomain":"Billman"}
Quit stalking me!!!
NO, I won't go out with you!!
{"commentId":2093848,"threadId":"303195","contentId":"1627845","authorDomain":"Billman"}
- 8 votes
{"commentId":2095677,"authorDomain":"Billman"}
When there is a real news story, I try to write intelligently about it. When it is a silly article like this one, I make light of it.
The whole "news" here is summed up in the first three paragraphs. The rest of the story basically addresses the picture of the guy with no nose.
You can call me "creepy" if you want to, but the only reason you opened this article was your morbid curiosity about what happened to the dudes nose.
(well, that and your obsession with me!)
=-p
{"commentId":2095677,"threadId":"303195","contentId":"1627845","authorDomain":"Billman"}
- 3 votes
{"commentId":2092179,"authorDomain":"sglaug"}
ITS A WILD ANIMAL AND IT TO EAT HIM! BE GLAD HE'S GONE!
{"commentId":2092179,"threadId":"303195","contentId":"1627845","authorDomain":"sglaug"}
- 3 votes
#4 - Tue Jul 1, 2008 5:02 AM EDT{"commentId":2094388,"authorDomain":"wbrianwhite"}
Two other, unrelated chimps attacked him. His 'pet' chimp never attacked him.
{"commentId":2094388,"threadId":"303195","contentId":"1627845","authorDomain":"wbrianwhite"}
- 3 votes
{"commentId":2092184,"authorDomain":"ericslocum"}
Stephen, it's a very complicated story with many layers and can't be explained away in such a simplistic way. It's quite sad and deserving of more research on your part before summing it up in a simple sentence. Buh-bye Chimp- doesn't tell the story or lead to any solutions to this problem of wild animals as pets.
{"commentId":2092184,"threadId":"303195","contentId":"1627845","authorDomain":"ericslocum"}
- 5 votes
#5 - Tue Jul 1, 2008 5:06 AM EDT{"commentId":2092578,"authorDomain":"SVForbes"}
This is sad.
It was not the pet chimp that attacked the man. There are humans who attack other humans. Should we avoid all humans because of that?
I also find it interesting that the article seems to suggest that the chimp is a child substitute.
Why can't people believe that these people may just love the chimp for being a chimp?
They know the chimp is not a child. Pets, IMO, are an inter-species adoption.
{"commentId":2092578,"threadId":"303195","contentId":"1627845","authorDomain":"SVForbes"}
- 12 votes
{"commentId":2093315,"authorDomain":"EnSoi"}
"There are humans who attack other humans. Should we avoid all humans because of that?"
-- Yes
{"commentId":2093315,"threadId":"303195","contentId":"1627845","authorDomain":"EnSoi"}
{"commentId":2093329,"authorDomain":"EnSoi"}
There are humans who attack other humans. Should we avoid all humans because of that?
yes
{"commentId":2093329,"threadId":"303195","contentId":"1627845","authorDomain":"EnSoi"}
- 5 votes
{"commentId":2093359,"authorDomain":"babin"}
LMAO
{"commentId":2093359,"threadId":"303195","contentId":"1627845","authorDomain":"babin"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":2093816,"authorDomain":"Zoilus"}
There are humans who attack other humans. Should we avoid all humans because of that?
Just the ones carrying chainsaws at night. But it's always a judgment call.
{"commentId":2093816,"threadId":"303195","contentId":"1627845","authorDomain":"Zoilus"}
- 8 votes
{"commentId":2094016,"authorDomain":"SVForbes"}
But it's always a judgment call.
Agreed.
Some Humans will bite your nose off or maybe an ear... Wasn't there a boxer who did that during a fight? I don't think they caged or Euthanized him.
{"commentId":2094016,"threadId":"303195","contentId":"1627845","authorDomain":"SVForbes"}
- 4 votes
{"commentId":2094127,"authorDomain":"Zoilus"}
Years ago, growing up in Central Florida, I used to go swimming near this place called Lithia Springs. It was a near pristine area of woods and natural springs. Also it was an area where they used to film the old Johnny Weissmuller Tarzan movies. It was a local urban legend that some of the animals escaped, and were never recovered in those woods. Monkeys were reported being seen quite often. It's probable all condos by now.
{"commentId":2094127,"threadId":"303195","contentId":"1627845","authorDomain":"Zoilus"}
- 3 votes
{"commentId":2094168,"authorDomain":"SVForbes"}
Lithia Springs.
Interesting story, Daniel. I think a lot of pristine woods are now condos.....Sigh!
BTW, you may already know this, but they likely called it Lithia springs because it likely contained high levels of natural lithium salts.
Many spring waters do.....Evian is but one brand of bottled spring water that is high in lithium salts.
{"commentId":2094168,"threadId":"303195","contentId":"1627845","authorDomain":"SVForbes"}
- 4 votes
{"commentId":2094277,"authorDomain":"sphinx"}
Many spring waters do.....Evian is but one brand of bottled spring water that is high in lithium salts.
Hey, that means Evian isn't tap water! *runs to buy Evian*
{"commentId":2094277,"threadId":"303195","contentId":"1627845","authorDomain":"sphinx"}
- 1 vote
{"commentId":2094881,"authorDomain":"biggerthebetter"}
Sean, I do believe they caged the boxer who bit off an ear. It's called jail!
{"commentId":2094881,"threadId":"303195","contentId":"1627845","authorDomain":"biggerthebetter"}
- 1 vote
{"commentId":2094981,"authorDomain":"SVForbes"}
Hey, that means Evian isn't tap water! *runs to buy Evian*
No it's definitely not tap water, Jack. :)
The spring is in the french alps.
The water is naturally filtered over the course of many years...not sure how many, but more than ten. The water in the aquifer travels through mountain rock and glacial sand and that is where the minerals come from.
{"commentId":2094981,"threadId":"303195","contentId":"1627845","authorDomain":"SVForbes"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":2094989,"authorDomain":"SVForbes"}
Sean, I do believe they caged the boxer who bit off an ear. It's called jail!
Agreed. But he wasn't caged for life like the Chimp. He's out, now.
{"commentId":2094989,"threadId":"303195","contentId":"1627845","authorDomain":"SVForbes"}
- 1 vote
{"commentId":2095064,"authorDomain":"babin"}
Yet Marv Albert roams free...
>:(
{"commentId":2095064,"threadId":"303195","contentId":"1627845","authorDomain":"babin"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":2092197,"authorDomain":"sglaug"}
He is a wild animal, as I will state again. I am sure they felt like they lost a family member, but he would be better served to live in his natural environment. I think it is selfish to keep wild animals for pets. I am for people who rehabilitate them. Plus, he ate the dude's face.
{"commentId":2092197,"threadId":"303195","contentId":"1627845","authorDomain":"sglaug"}
- 5 votes
#6 - Tue Jul 1, 2008 5:12 AM EDT{"commentId":2092235,"authorDomain":"fatso"}
No. The Davises' former pet didn't chew off Mr. Davis's nose, testicles, and foot (and right index finger?), two other chimps, who were shot and killed did. I'm with you on keeping wild animals as pets (or even keeping dogs in big cities), but read first, then comment - it works better that way.
{"commentId":2092235,"threadId":"303195","contentId":"1627845","authorDomain":"fatso"}
- 7 votes
{"commentId":2093532,"authorDomain":"babin"}
But God after all that you keep one as a pet. A bit Masochistic, emotionally if not anything else.
Maybe some type of recommended therapy.
If I was emasculated and hideously deformed by any species I'm sure I'd go medieval on them and wipe a few out. That's just me.
Take my nose and my testicles? I'm going hunting.
{"commentId":2093532,"threadId":"303195","contentId":"1627845","authorDomain":"babin"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":2093868,"authorDomain":"Billman"}
So this particular chimp didn't deform the guy. He just bit off a woman's finger and mauled a cop.
{"commentId":2093868,"threadId":"303195","contentId":"1627845","authorDomain":"Billman"}
- 1 vote
{"commentId":2094231,"authorDomain":"babin"}
Yeah but two others did when they got jealous over a birthday cake - That's enough evidence to go postal on the whole species for this guy.
But in 2005, when they took a cake to celebrate Moe's birthday with him, the couple was viciously attacked by two other chimpanzees who had escaped their cages.
What Shi* luck!
{"commentId":2094231,"threadId":"303195","contentId":"1627845","authorDomain":"babin"}
- 1 vote
{"commentId":2094295,"authorDomain":"sphinx"}
Yeah but two others did when they got jealous over a birthday cake - That's enough evidence to go postal on the whole species for this guy.
Ah yes, because the next time anyone gets killed/maimed by a hippo/lion/cobra, we should just "go postal on the whole species for this guy."
That makes perfect sense.
What Shi* luck!
True dat.
{"commentId":2094295,"threadId":"303195","contentId":"1627845","authorDomain":"sphinx"}
- 3 votes
{"commentId":2094340,"authorDomain":"babin"}
Not "WE" , but I would understand if this guy does. I see how my sentence could be read to infer otherwise.
I have nothing against lions tigers and bears but oh my if one bites off my hands feet and balls I might seek a little payback.
Why I'm sure we all agree wild animals belong in the wild. And if you get in the cage with one you'll probably lose.
{"commentId":2094340,"threadId":"303195","contentId":"1627845","authorDomain":"babin"}
- 1 vote
{"commentId":2094409,"authorDomain":"wbrianwhite"}
but he would be better served to live in his natural environment.
Not necessarily.
St. James Davis brought Moe home from Tanzania in 1967 after the baby primate lost his mother to poachers.
{"commentId":2094409,"threadId":"303195","contentId":"1627845","authorDomain":"wbrianwhite"}
- 6 votes
{"commentId":2092204,"authorDomain":"ericslocum"}
Well, you're absolutely right about wild animals as pets. It's an enormous and under-reported problem in this country. I saw a Dateline piece on this particular story and it is quite sad.
{"commentId":2092204,"threadId":"303195","contentId":"1627845","authorDomain":"ericslocum"}
- 6 votes
#7 - Tue Jul 1, 2008 5:16 AM EDT{"commentId":2093573,"authorDomain":"babin"}
But in 2005, when they took a cake to celebrate Moe's birthday with him, the couple was viciously attacked by two other chimpanzees who had escaped their cages.
The chimps nearly killed St. James Davis, chewing off his nose, testicles and foot and biting off chunks of his buttocks and legs, before the sanctuary owner shot the animals to death.
"He's not going to be aggressive unless he's provoked."
Seriously though. Why risk it.....let the thing go.
{"commentId":2093573,"threadId":"303195","contentId":"1627845","authorDomain":"babin"}
- 2 votes
{"commentId":2093881,"authorDomain":"Billman"}
"He's not going to be aggressive unless he's provoked."
You would htink that of all people, this guy who owned a chimp for years would know how to not provoke a chimp. Yet he was basically eaten by 2 chimps. The dude is a whacko.
{"commentId":2093881,"threadId":"303195","contentId":"1627845","authorDomain":"Billman"}
- 1 vote
{"commentId":2092220,"authorDomain":"ldclark1"}
well I personally hope they find the chimp, I mean they obviously love the dang thing....
and it eats from a fork at the dinner table...I mean holy crap. I dont buy so much that its "instincts" will kick in. If the animal is over 40 years old...40 YEARS old....its instincts are pretty much dead. Otherwise it would be too dangerous to be treating like your son.
It takes a very long time for primates to become skilled hunters in the wild. And this little guy doesnt have enough time to master before he starves to death.
{"commentId":2092220,"threadId":"303195","contentId":"1627845","authorDomain":"ldclark1"}
- 3 votes
#8 - Tue Jul 1, 2008 5:33 AM EDT
Comment collapsed by the community{"commentId":2092241,"authorDomain":"judoka61"}
"Over the Davises' protests, Moe was taken to an animal sanctuary. But in 2005, when they took a cake to celebrate Moe's birthday with him, the couple was viciously attacked by two other chimpanzees who had escaped their cages.."
Can ever an animal become self-aware? Anyway I think that his next pet should be based on animal type, breed, size.. (click)
ps
Why can't we just leave wild animals in their free-roaming environment?
{"commentId":2092241,"threadId":"303195","contentId":"1627845","authorDomain":"judoka61"}
- 5 votes
#10 - Tue Jul 1, 2008 5:45 AM EDT{"commentId":2094427,"authorDomain":"wbrianwhite"}
Why can't we just leave wild animals in their free-roaming environment?
Because poachers kill them?
{"commentId":2094427,"threadId":"303195","contentId":"1627845","authorDomain":"wbrianwhite"}
- 4 votes
{"commentId":2092260,"authorDomain":"ldclark1"}
why not? because people kill too many of them. ANd they "free roaming environment"...yeah get a clue dude. They are disappearing like crazy. I am not a freaking tree hugger, but I do understand the situation that we put animals into.
{"commentId":2092260,"threadId":"303195","contentId":"1627845","authorDomain":"ldclark1"}
- 3 votes
#11 - Tue Jul 1, 2008 5:58 AM EDT{"commentId":2092335,"authorDomain":"quixiotic"}
This is one of the lamest AP stories to grace the front page of Newsvine. Given the current climate of election season on top of oil prices and wars upon wars, I find it hard to give a damn about this couple and the lost monkey.
{"commentId":2092335,"threadId":"303195","contentId":"1627845","authorDomain":"quixiotic"}
- 4 votes
#12 - Tue Jul 1, 2008 6:33 AM EDT{"commentId":2092485,"authorDomain":"bdabolina"}
Someone at Newsvine must be having a little fun with these people, who are obviously insane.
{"commentId":2092485,"threadId":"303195","contentId":"1627845","authorDomain":"bdabolina"}
- 4 votes
{"commentId":2094452,"authorDomain":"wbrianwhite"}
There's always elections. There's always wars. There's always people complaining about the price of gas.
There are rarely stories about chimp lovers who have been mauled by chimps having their pet chimp escape to roam the woods of California.
{"commentId":2094452,"threadId":"303195","contentId":"1627845","authorDomain":"wbrianwhite"}
- 4 votes
{"commentId":2109196,"authorDomain":"quixiotic"}
That's true Brian, but this is far from national news, this is like the AP posting a lost puppy flier and passing it off as news.
{"commentId":2109196,"threadId":"303195","contentId":"1627845","authorDomain":"quixiotic"}
{"commentId":2092409,"authorDomain":"benjaminstraight"}
Let's find the chimp.
{"commentId":2092409,"threadId":"303195","contentId":"1627845","authorDomain":"benjaminstraight"}
- 4 votes
#13 - Tue Jul 1, 2008 7:01 AM EDT{"commentId":2092417,"authorDomain":"bdabolina"}
It's not missing or lost, it's a monkey in the woods.
{"commentId":2092417,"threadId":"303195","contentId":"1627845","authorDomain":"bdabolina"}
- 4 votes
#14 - Tue Jul 1, 2008 7:03 AM EDT{"commentId":2092447,"authorDomain":"sunflowergirl"}
I think stephen has a point. bottom line = animal. Firebrat, you're right too, they've domesticated it at this point. So yes, the chimp hasn't honed his instincts the way he would have. I think both points boil down to respect for what you're dealing with.
People tend to forget that even domesticated animals still have instincts. And no matter how cute they are, or how much of a bond you have, animals don't process emotion the same way people do. (not saying they don't have them). I'm not being heartless, i've had dogs, cats, guinea pigs, turtles and fish in my years. I'm just saying people don't always respect animals for what they are, they focus on the posession and the "bond."
Chimp is probably not seeing his break-away as an emotional journey. That said, I'd probably cry if my pets ran away too.
Besides, who wants to live at home with mom and dad in their 30s?
{"commentId":2092447,"threadId":"303195","contentId":"1627845","authorDomain":"sunflowergirl"}
- 1 vote
#15 - Tue Jul 1, 2008 7:15 AM EDT{"commentId":2092452,"authorDomain":"antig"}
I wasn't aware that chimpazees lived for so long. I always thought it was about 25, 30 years.
Although I'm iffy about this 'animal entertainment' industry, it does seem like they have quite a connection with the chimp. I hope a solution is found that works out for everyone.
{"commentId":2092452,"threadId":"303195","contentId":"1627845","authorDomain":"antig"}
- 2 votes
#16 - Tue Jul 1, 2008 7:17 AM EDT{"commentId":2092625,"authorDomain":"Rixar13"}
I believe chimpanzees are 99 percent genetically the same as us...? This one has an anger problem.
{"commentId":2092625,"threadId":"303195","contentId":"1627845","authorDomain":"Rixar13"}
- 1 vote
{"commentId":2092600,"authorDomain":"Rixar13"}
Wonder if the Chimp works for the McCain election team? Just Kidding.
{"commentId":2092600,"threadId":"303195","contentId":"1627845","authorDomain":"Rixar13"}
- 1 vote
#17 - Tue Jul 1, 2008 8:02 AM EDT{"commentId":2092657,"authorDomain":"antig"}
Ouch!
I don't think you should be insulting the chimp that way, Rix. LOL!
{"commentId":2092657,"threadId":"303195","contentId":"1627845","authorDomain":"antig"}
- 1 vote
{"commentId":2092676,"authorDomain":"PeteZaHutt"}
sheesh. they should just get a pit-bull.
{"commentId":2092676,"threadId":"303195","contentId":"1627845","authorDomain":"PeteZaHutt"}
- 5 votes
#18 - Tue Jul 1, 2008 8:20 AM EDT{"commentId":2092688,"authorDomain":"lovly2008"}
May I suggest that Mr. Davis save the money spent on helicopter rentals to find this animal and buy himself a nose. Geese, that pic is so offensive.
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#19 - Tue Jul 1, 2008 8:22 AM EDT{"commentId":2092897,"authorDomain":"bluecollarbytes"}
This is one of the weirdest stories I've read in some time. And what about those human flesh-eating chimps?
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- 3 votes
#20 - Tue Jul 1, 2008 9:02 AM EDT{"commentId":2092950,"authorDomain":"SVForbes"}
It's no different than human flesh eating humans like Jeffery Dahmer, or hanibal lecter of
This guy from Japan.
http://newsfromrussia.com/news/society/17-06-2008/105525-japan-0
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- 2 votes
{"commentId":2092914,"authorDomain":"phaedrus72"}
They need to find that monkey before it's too late and he causes even more damage. I hear he even started an ill fated and ill advised war in Iraq!!
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- 3 votes
#21 - Tue Jul 1, 2008 9:06 AM EDT{"commentId":2092935,"authorDomain":"superfive"}
Why do you people care about this?
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#22 - Tue Jul 1, 2008 9:10 AM EDT{"commentId":2093165,"authorDomain":"babin"}
I can't believe they put the pic of the guy without a nose (actually I
can) as the cover pic - which has NOTHING to do with the story but gets
the traffic - Then they make NO MENTION of of the fact that there is a
disturbing image plastered against the article.
Sorry but the guys face freaks me out...and it's obviously unrelated
They finally lost in 1999 when Moe bit part of a woman's
finger off when she inserted her hand in his cage. The Davises said he
mistook her red-painted fingernail for his favorite licorice. The
incident also came after Moe mauled a police officer's hand.
Unless they just are mentioning something else Moe ate "He mistook it
for his favourite plastic nose chew toy which his owner had resting on
his face during a nap"
Weird weird people.
**I just noticed he's missing a finger too - He looks like THE FLY (the movie)
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- 1 vote
#23 - Tue Jul 1, 2008 9:45 AM EDT{"commentId":2094499,"authorDomain":"wbrianwhite"}
Please read the whole story. His nose was eaten off by another chimp.
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- 4 votes
{"commentId":2095073,"authorDomain":"babin"}
I'll eat off your nose.
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- 2 votes
{"commentId":2095322,"authorDomain":"moomoosdad"}
You are F'ing hilarious!
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{"commentId":2093231,"authorDomain":"lc3"}
A few months ago I saw a program about chimpanzee attacks. Despite they're looking cute and cuddly to us, they are extremely vicious when attacking. According to the experts on the show, a person has practically no chance against an attacking chimp. What happened to St. James Davis is typical of a chimp attack, except that he was fortunate enough to survive. Before seeing that program, I probably would have tried to pet a chimp; now I wouldn't go anywhere near one.
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- 2 votes
#24 - Tue Jul 1, 2008 9:53 AM EDT{"commentId":2094318,"authorDomain":"sphinx"}
Absolutely. A typical chimp has many times the upper body strength of a typical human. Chimps are also one of the few species to be observed engaging in human-like violent mob behavior.
So... yeah. You don't want to be near a chimp in a foul mood.
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- 5 votes
{"commentId":2131382,"authorDomain":"Billman"}
Chimpanzees have significantly more muscle mass, bone density, and consequent strength. An adult male chimpanzee has six to eight times the strength of an adult man.
They are also unable to float (due to bone density and lack of body fat)
and will avoid deep water unless confronted with a life or death situation. So if you do happen to find yourself in a fight with a chimp... pray there's a pool or lake near by.
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- 2 votes
{"commentId":2093237,"authorDomain":"Zoilus"}
This is why Newsvine is no longer my homepage.
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- 3 votes
#25 - Tue Jul 1, 2008 9:54 AM EDT{"commentId":2093299,"authorDomain":"babin"}
It really does remind me of The Onion sometimes.
Actually I think that should be my homepage.........*navigates away*
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- 1 vote
{"commentId":2094646,"authorDomain":"Zoilus"}
The Real News, much better
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