St. James, LaDonna, and Little Moe: The Worst Story I Ever Heard

Esquire ^ | 02/17/09 | Rich Schapiro

[kik5150]

The Davises are like any other family, only instead of a son, they raised a chimpanzee. For thirty years, everything was going swell. Then something far stranger — and horrifying — happened. Just as horrifying — if not more so — than the chimpanzee attack in Connecticut on Monday.

[happinesswithoutpeace]

ya I remember this..

[carumba]

Ping for later.

[iowamark]

A horrible story of human greed and arrogance:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/23/AR2005052301819_pf.html

http://overlawyered.com/2005/03/chimpanzee-victim-st-james-davis-v-west-covina/

[mountainbunny]

The moral seems to be: When bringing sweets to your chimp, be sure to bring enough cake for everyone, lest they attempt to brutally rip you limb from limb in a fit of pique..

Either that, or it's that: Large, intelligent, occasionally violent, freakishly strong wild animals, tend to make poor choices as house pets since they often eventually revert to being the large, intelligent, occasionally violent, freakishly strong wild animals that Nature intended them to be.

I'm pretty sure it's one or the other.

(it's both)

[shaft29]

Some people are delusional.

[rlmorel]

A barrel full of monkeys is not fun. In fact, a barrel full of monkeys can be downright terrifying.

This was my tagline for several months, and it is true. I know someone who works at a primate facility, and he said he has seen the result of an attack on someone who let their guard down. It wasn’t pretty. He said they go for the face, invariably.

[gussiefinknottle]

The Menendez parents only got about 25 years out of their kids before they
were attacked.