Posted on 06/09/2009 7:36:46 AM PDT by JoeProBono
Berlin doctors have refused to give a prognosis on whether Berlin zoo director Bernhard Blaszkiewitz’ index finger had been successfully reattached after a chimpanzee bit it off on Monday.
“There is a chance for the very destroyed finger, but it is not big,” head surgeon at Berlin's Marzahn district hospital Andreas Eisenschenk said on Tuesday, adding that though the bite wound is flush, there is a high risk of infection.
“With chimpanzees there are some germs in play that we can’t control,” he said.
As 55-year-old Blaszkiewitz was giving a tour through the zoo on Monday, he stopped at Pedro the chimpanzee’s cage to give him some food. At that point the powerful primate pulled his right arm into the pen and bit his finger off, a zoo spokesperson said.
Doctors at the hospital, which specialises in difficult transplants and limb reattachment, spent all of Monday afternoon operating on the finger, but doctors counld not say whether they had been successful.
The zoo spokesperson said that chimps can be dangerous and Blaszkiewitz may have acted carelessly and without following normal zoo procedure.
But the director handled the accident well, she said.
According to Pedro’s version of events, Blaszkiewitz gave him the finger.
bttt
Perhaps he and the woman who went into the polar bear cage should get together and make babies for more wild animal food. It would be Darwinian!
Talk about “biting the hand that feeds you”!
NEVER give a chimp the finger.
Kramer: Anyway, I um, I just want to say that I'm sorry. I lost my temper and I probably shouldn't have. I took it out on you and, look, if I've caused you any problems as a result of my behavior, well then, I'm sorry. I apologize......... Even though, Barry, between me and you, we both know that you started it. I mean, who's kidding who? But they tell me that you're very upset, and god forbid I should disturb the very important monkey, I'm just hoping we can put this behind us, let's just move on with our lives, ok? So no hard feelings?
He’s lucky that’s all that was bitten off. Most people don’t realize how powerful chimps are.
Are these photos still embargoed? < /sarc >
No problem.
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