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mike mike
 
M$1 February 17, 2009 12:18 AM

Travis the chimp attacked a woman in Stamford today, is this the most brutal chimpanzee attack in history?

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erlog erlog
 
 February 17, 2009 12:25 AM
This is not the most brutal attack in history. Chimpanzees have been known to attack and kill children in Uganda, and stock car driver St. James Davis was put into critical condition for many months in after his pet chimpanzee attacked him.
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http://www.primates.com/chimps/drunk-n-disorderly.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/23/AR200505230...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimpanzee#History



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pupupupu pupupupu
 
February 17, 2009 08:36 AM - Fact Refuted
St. James Davis was NOT attacked by his pet chimp, but by two other chimps that escaped from their cages at a sanctuary.
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http://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/Science/story?id=691497&page=1
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/03/04/national/main678061.shtml

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erlog erlog
 
February 17, 2009 02:47 PM
Ah, you're correct about that. I should have read the St. James Davis story more closely. I wish you had posted this yesterday so I could have edited the answer to not be in error.

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February 17, 2009 04:09 AM
What do you expect - it was the owner's fault, taking an animal out of its natural habitat - no matter how long it had been domesticated, this was bound to happen sooner or later! I feel sorry for the chimp, and after all we still don't know if the victim might not have done something to set the chimp off - after all in a prior 'attack'/pursuit - in 2003 a man had thrown a hard object at the chimp - naturally Travis ran after the man - in self-defense!

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