So is a Fly
Posted on 04/24/2006 10:44:29 AM PDT by presidio9
Police hunted Monday for chimpanzees that escaped from a Sierra Leone preserve and mauled a group of American and local sightseers, killing one man and injuring four people.
The U.S. Embassy warned Americans against traveling to the Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary, where the chimps escaped before Sunday's attack on a taxicab.
The Sierra Leonean driver died as the chimps ripped his body apart, and three Americans were treated at a hospital for minor injuries, said Oliver Somasa, a top police official.
Another Sierra Leonean man in the group had his hand amputated after the mauling, Somasa said. U.S. officials had no further comment. The Americans were in Sierra Leone to help build a new embassy building, Somasa said.
Armed police were searching Monday for 27 chimpanzees, Somasa said, while four others had already returned on their own accord to the reserve.
Somosa said it was unclear why the chimps attacked or how they were able to escape.
Chimpanzee attacks are unusual but not unprecedented.
Two chimps that escaped from their cages in a California sanctuary severely mauled a man in March 2005 before the man's son-in-law shot the animals to death.
Maybe they've evolved a little too much.
An adult chimp is stronger than several men.
The chimps were probably "liberal" Democrats and "peace" protestors.
Sounds like a job for DA Nifong.
Shouting, "This is our country," the Chimps demanded free college tuition and a path to citizenship.
And guaranteed lifetime jobs.
I didn't even trust J Fred Muggs...I always looked for him to bite Dave Garroway's fingers off.
BTW...I heard somewhere that J Fred Muggs is still alive.
So is a Fly
Cheeta turned 74 last week.
Chimps are extremely intelligent and can be unbelievably aggressive, often leading political coups in their own groups that are so complicated and intricately planned that they'd make Machiavelli blush. Anybody who says apes are dumb animals hasn't spent any time around Chimps.
LOL
The Sierra Leonean driver died as the chimps ripped his body apart ...Not what I'd call a happy death.
"Not what I'd call a happy death."
Can't imagine too many conditions under which I'd consider death... "happy". ;)
Do you have more information, or can you direct me where to look? Sounds fascinating.
The driver shouldn't have called him a (chimp)
"pansie". There's no excuse for name-calling.
Chimps are wild animals. They are not your friend. They are not like human beings. They are wild animals. Liberals like to think that chimps are just like humans with the same rights. Liberals are wrong.
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