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2009-06-09 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Chimp Bites Off Berlin Zoo Director's Finger

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Posted by Elmath Ebbaling5327 2009-06-09 07:31|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11129 views ] Top

#1 I don't like any animal bigger or faster than I am.

Posted by gromky 2009-06-09 08:16|| 2009-06-09 08:16|| Front Page Top

#2 Some wag said with reptile people you could tell museum people from zoo people. Museum people had all their fingers.

Posted by Don Vito Anginegum8261 2009-06-09 08:19|| 2009-06-09 08:19|| Front Page Top

#3 And yet, Oliver the Humanzee, the cigar smoking, martini drinking favorite of the Tonight Show, lives on in retirement.

Posted by Anonymoose 2009-06-09 08:59|| 2009-06-09 08:59|| Front Page Top

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Posted by Flater White1380 2009-06-09 10:24|| 2009-06-09 10:24|| Front Page Top

#5 Finger food! Add a mimosa and it's Sunday brunch at the Berlin Zoo.

Posted by ed 2009-06-09 10:34|| 2009-06-09 10:34|| Front Page Top

#6 Chimps are completely harmless flower children of the forest. We have so much to learn from them about living in peace and harmony.

Please ignore this data point. Indeed, ignore all the data. Trust me, I'm a scientist.

Posted by Jane Goodall 2009-06-09 11:09|| 2009-06-09 11:09|| Front Page Top

#7 IN REALITY, the real Jane Goodall was responsible for a lot of the initial discoveries of Chimpanzee hunting behavior.

In fact, if you go to her web site, it says:

Successful hunters typically share some portion of their kill with other group members in response to a variety of begging behaviours. Most of the captured animal is eaten, including the brain. Meat is a favoured food item among chimpanzees, but makes up less than two percent of their overall diet.

So I guess he should be thankful that the Chimpanzee wasn't in the mood for 'brain food.'

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2009-06-09 13:18|| 2009-06-09 13:18|| Front Page Top

#8 Decades ago a college acquaintance spent some time at an African chimp research facility -- might have been one of Goodall's. One afternoon a chimp went berserk & tore through their camp. Broke someone's arm, someone else's collarbone & pretty much leveled all the tents in a few seconds. He lost his interest in chimp research then. From that story I learned respect for things far stronger & quicker than I, who also have a tendency to go ape-s**t. Those who refuse to learn from stories may have to learn from experience.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2009-06-09 14:14|| 2009-06-09 14:14|| Front Page Top

#9 Moody little critter. Ooo! Ooo!

Posted by Bertie Uneamble8178 2009-06-09 14:24|| 2009-06-09 14:24|| Front Page Top

#10 Hope he knew where that finger's been...

Posted by tu3031 2009-06-09 14:25|| 2009-06-09 14:25|| Front Page Top

#11 He's lucky his name wasn't BILL

Posted by 3dc 2009-06-09 19:28|| 2009-06-09 19:28|| Front Page Top

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