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Owner Shared Bed and Took Baths With Chimpanzee From Connecticut Attack
FoxNews.com ^
| Thursday, February 19, 2009
Posted on 02/19/2009 6:05:46 PM PST by Joiseydude
STAMFORD, Connecticut — Travis the chimpanzee's relationship with his owner was closer than those of some married couples.
Sandra Herold gave him the finest food, and wine in long-stemmed glasses. They took baths together and cuddled in the bed they shared. Travis brushed the lonely widow's hair each night and pined for her when she was away.
If she left the house alone, Travis would give her a kiss.
"If I left with someone Travis would get upset," Herold said Wednesday.
Experts say the unusually human relationship would have been confusing for any animal. It may have also played a role in Travis' savage attack Monday on Herold's friend, 55-year-old Charla Nash of Stamford.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Connecticut
KEYWORDS: chimp; maul; obamavoter; pets
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To: Joiseydude
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posted on
02/19/2009 6:06:04 PM PST
by
Joiseydude
(Obama: "Putting my ideals into effect are more important than your safety from terrorist acts")
To: Joiseydude
Regardless what you’ve heard, it wasn’t me.
To: Joiseydude
The description in the first paragraph is really sick. I could not read any more than that.
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posted on
02/19/2009 6:07:48 PM PST
by
svcw
(This maybe my last transmission - God have mercy on us.)
To: Joiseydude
No wonder the chimp went crazy. Who wouldn’t, living with HER?
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posted on
02/19/2009 6:08:08 PM PST
by
MoochPooch
(I'm a compassionate cynic.)
To: Joiseydude
Yes it is sick. Least she didn’t try to marry or have a civil union with the animal. Shaking my head again.
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posted on
02/19/2009 6:08:19 PM PST
by
pandoraou812
(Don't play leapfrog with a unicorn! ...........^............)
To: Joiseydude
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posted on
02/19/2009 6:08:32 PM PST
by
Semper Mark
(As graceful as a bulldozer and as subtle as a wrecking ball.)
To: Joiseydude
Knew it was him!!
9
posted on
02/19/2009 6:08:39 PM PST
by
VanDeKoik
(Just another day for you and me in Obama paradise...)
To: Joiseydude
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posted on
02/19/2009 6:08:44 PM PST
by
DirtyHarryY2K
(To hell with the RINO party!)
To: Joiseydude
“Herold speculated that Travis was being protective of her and attacked Nash because she had a different hairstyle, was driving a different car and held a stuffed toy in front of her face to get the chimp’s attention.”
And if the animal was aggressive already and in a panicked state, her smiling (which I’m assuming she was doing) is a sign of aggression in chimps.
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posted on
02/19/2009 6:09:13 PM PST
by
autumnraine
(Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose- Kris Kristoferrson VIVA LA REVOLUTION!)
To: Joiseydude
12
posted on
02/19/2009 6:10:02 PM PST
by
wally_bert
(Tactical Is Still Missing A Chair! Star Wreck In The Pirkinning......)
To: Joiseydude
To: Joiseydude
Hmmm. Hmmmmmmmm. Don’t. Want. To. Speculate. But.
14
posted on
02/19/2009 6:11:49 PM PST
by
Sender
(It's never too late to be who you could have been.)
To: Joiseydude
“And then there was the day the chimp was working on the stimulus bill...”
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posted on
02/19/2009 6:12:20 PM PST
by
Darkwolf377
(Pro-Life Capitalist American Atheist and Free-Speech Junkie)
To: Big_Monkey
Regardless what you’ve heard, it wasn’t me. Just wait til the film comes back at Wal-mart - then we'll see... ;->
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posted on
02/19/2009 6:12:33 PM PST
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: Joiseydude
“And then there was the day the chimp was working on the stimulus bill...”
Oops, sorry, Nancy...
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posted on
02/19/2009 6:12:36 PM PST
by
Darkwolf377
(Pro-Life Capitalist American Atheist and Free-Speech Junkie)
To: Joiseydude
A woman needs a chimp, like a fish needs a bicycle.
To: Joiseydude
Some apes just can’t take no for an answer!
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posted on
02/19/2009 6:14:46 PM PST
by
count-your-change
(You don't have be brilliant, not being stupid is enough.)
To: Joiseydude
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posted on
02/19/2009 6:14:52 PM PST
by
Krankor
(Vitajex, whatcha doin' to me.)
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