Chimps attack California Couple

St. James and LaDonna Davis were at the Animal Haven Ranch in Caliente to celebrate the birthday of Moe, a 39-year-old chimpanzee who was taken from their suburban Los Angeles home in 1999 after biting off part of a woman's finger. The couple had brought Moe a cake and were standing outside his cage when Buddy and Ollie, two of four chimpanzees in the adjoining cage, attacked St. James Davis, Martarano said. Officials have not determined how the chimps got out of their enclosure, he said.

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St. James Davis had severe facial injuries and would require extensive surgery in an attempt to reattach his nose, Dr. Maureen Martin of Kern Medical Center told KGET-TV of Bakersfield. His testicles and a foot also were severed, Kern County Sheriff's Cmdr. Hal Chealander told The Bakersfield Californian.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/03/04/chimp.attack.ap/

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Damn, that's one angry monkey!

about it? Is Moe some sort of chimp gang leader? Is Moe running for office in the future?

but hey, what do I know?

I was kinda hoping this was a CHIMP story!

BTW, it wasn't "Moe" that attacked but 2 other chimps at the zoo.

"Everybody was trying to get the chimp off," Chealander said.

In related news...

Oh, wait, it always helps to read the article first. I thought it had something to do with Bush's policies.

Sorry to hear about this, it sounds horrifying.

comes to chimps of any kind.

They stop being cute, which is why so many end up at "havens." Their intelligence doesn't make them model prisoners, either.

(Yes, they wouldn't be safe in the wild. Without havens, they'd probably be destroyed. But they don't understand....)

How his mom was poached in Africa. How he was the meal ticket for an ex-NASCAR driver (St. James). How he bit a cop. He probably just wants people to leave him the hell alone.

Dangerous animals and people don't mix.

The LA Times story on this, as I recall, was a minor classic.

As a general comment: You have to be specifically trying to take the balls off of a clothed man. They knew what they were doing! And I'm sure it has much the same significance for them as castration does for human males.

Chimps are stone cold killers, you can see it in their eyes.

NASCAR, poachers, red licorice, et cetera.

republicans.

He's destroying enough lives with his policies; he doesn't need to do it directly!