Woman who was eaten alive by chimp on Oprah

cybotron r_9 · Post by **cybotron r_9** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 1:22 pm

very graphic, not for the squeamish

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMT-5ygCxaM

Haven't seen Oprah in a while, looks like she needs to cut down on the Big Macs, that can't be healthy the way she loses weight then gains it all back and then some.

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 1:29 pm

This happened not far from us. "Attacked" a bit more accurate than "eaten alive", the chimp just flipped out on her.

Sad though, very sad. The wife saw the Oprah episode yesterday, I saw the closeups when she took the hat off. Very sad for her.

The lawsuits stemming from this are going crazy, her family wants to sue the owner of the chip, as well as sue the state.

Roody · Post by **Roody** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 1:29 pm

Wow..that poor woman.

Prey521 · Post by **Prey521** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 1:41 pm

I'd rather be dead.

blebs · Post by **blebs** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 10:26 pm

I feel sorry for her. Did anyone actually see why the chimp went nuts on her? I've never seen a Chimp go ballistic without being antagonized.

Humboldt · Post by **Humboldt** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 10:38 pm

blebs wrote:I feel sorry for her. Did anyone actually see why the chimp went nuts on her? I've never seen a Chimp go ballistic without being antagonized.

Such a tragic story.

I *think* I remember something about the chimp not taking the right meds that day...?

TNATireFryer · Post by **TNATireFryer** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 11:45 pm

very tragic - meds involved .... i think chimps are several times stronger than humans ?- how and why - the world may never know

9mmprincess · Post by **9mmprincess** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 12:58 am

Yeah, chimps are supposed to be at LEAST four times stronger than a man, plus they have teeth like a carnivore. They also, for some reason, seem to go for the face and hands when attacking an enemy.

I feel so bad for that woman. She was just trying to help her friend. The owner of the chimp, I have no sympathy for at all. She apparently treated it like it was a little human, letting it sleep in bed with her (??) and feeding it at the table with a fork and dressing it, ect ect. I think she got lulled into complacency. It's still a wild animal, and could snap at any time. Hell, even domestic animals can snap - I've seen it happen. One thing I'm curious about is how Charla (the victim) feels about her friend who owned the chimp. I missed the Oprah ep so I don't know if Oprah asked her about that.

Chimps aren't meant to be kept as pets. If you've ever watched Escape To Chimp Eden, you'll see that the guys who run that place - big strong guys - even they are very apprehensive and wary of the chimps, and with good reason. One of the guys had two fingers bitten off by a chimp. It boggles my mind that this woman just lived with an adult chimp loose in her house. Some people are really stupid :/

David · Post by **David** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 6:52 am

They start consuming their prey (typically, the red colobus monkey) while it is still alive.

cybotron r_9 · Post by **cybotron r_9** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 7:07 am

Humboldt wrote:Such a tragic story.

I *think* I remember something about the chimp not taking the right meds that day...?

supposedly he was on Xanax

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 12:55 pm

cybotron r_9 wrote:supposedly he was on Xanax

Weird stuff there. Who knows what affects it has on them. Just because they're genetically similar...

This situation is sure to bring sweeping changes to exotic pet laws.

They're time bombs, all cute 'n stuff when small, as they get bigger, they realize their strength over humans...they're several times stronger than big pro wrestlers..not to mention the average human.

And when they attack..they move to mutilate. Often biting off the ends of limbs (hands/feet), biting the face/throat, and going after the genitals...males especially go after the testicles of other males. This is common in other animals too, such as squirrels when males fight each other.

Ken · Post by **Ken** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 1:19 pm

Chimps carry a lot of diseases that humans are susceptible to...

It makes you wonder where some of these new(er) diseases come from. IIRC, I believe they blamed aids on monkeys back when it first came out... Of course, they claimed homosexuals for spreading it, as I remember joking with friends about not having to worry about catching it, ...until it went main stream...

People get a bit too carried away with having wild animals as pets. Snakes are a great example. How cool to have a python or boa...until they get too big or too expensive to care for, then just let in go into an environment that it has no natural enemies to control the growth and spread.

FL is inundated with plants, animals, fish, etc., that have been brought here...

Humboldt · Post by **Humboldt** » Fri Nov 13, 2009 8:00 pm

Ken wrote:
People get a bit too carried away with having wild animals as pets. Snakes are a great example. How cool to have a python or boa...until they get too big or too expensive to care for, then just let in go into an environment that it has no natural enemies to control the growth and spread.

FL is inundated with plants, animals, fish, etc., that have been brought here...

I assume that's how I ended up with Bosco, a red-eared slider:

A customer brought him to me in the store, said she'd found him in the middle of the road. He might have escaped but I assume he was let loose when he got too big or the owner lost interest.