# Chimp beat down. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 4, 2005, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chimp-beat-down/292891 "2005-03-04T13:54:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2005, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chimp-beat-down/292891/41 "2005-03-06T22:51:33Z")
> [@ralph124c](#): > > I saw the woamn on the news…she and her idiot husband went to the primate center to have a birthday party for their chimp! As she bent down to cut her chimp a piece of chocolate cake, the chimp grabbed her husband, knocked him down, and proceeded to chew his face off! > Freaking idiots! A chimpanzee is NOT a human…hey are wild animals, unpredictable, vicious, and capable of causing great harm to people. These two idiots thought that their chimp was like human child…well, that’l learn em! BTW “their” chimp “Moe” was not involved in the attack at all. It was two younger 13 and 16 year old male chimps that were watching him get fed. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2005, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chimp-beat-down/292891/42 "2005-03-06T23:04:16Z")
> [@JohnBckWLD](#): > > In The _Hyperbolic Chamber_ The most EXTREME chamber EVER in the HISTORY of MANKIND!!! !!! !! !!! ONEONEONE ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chimp-beat-down/292891/43 "2005-03-07T00:10:49Z")
> [@](#): > > …the monkeys that attacked Mister Davis essentially chewed his face off…it will require extensive microvascular surgery just to try to reattach Davis’ nose… If I ever have my balls and my nose chewed off; _save the balls first!_ I’d rather have a prosthetic nose than Neuticles. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chimp-beat-down/292891/44 "2005-03-07T00:53:39Z")
> [@Machetero](#): > > Shit. That sucks for the guy. He should have given the chimp up for medical research or have it destroyed instead of giving some silly sanctuary and then throwing it a birthday party. In fairness (as already mentioned…I believe), their chimp was in no way involved. Four chimps escaped somehow (probably someone left a door open) and the two males in the group went for this poor guy. The females ran for the hills…literally. The males were shot, but the females were found later and returned to the sanctuary. \* \*I know I shouldn’t think it’s adorable…for a bunch of reasons, but the female monkeys rode in the front seat of beat up pick up trucks…it looked cute. ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chimp-beat-down/292891/45 "2005-03-07T03:05:09Z")
[nitpick] They’re not monkeys. They don’t have tails. They’re apes.[/nitpicl] ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chimp-beat-down/292891/46 "2005-03-07T08:08:39Z")
I hardly ever agree with PETA, but I think they’re right on this one. I can’t think of any good reason people should be allowed to keep exotic, dangerous animals. In the L.A. area we recently also had a case of an escaped pet tiger, which had to be killed in the end in the interest of public safety. ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chimp-beat-down/292891/47 "2005-03-08T05:41:12Z")
I too almost always disagree with PETA, but this time is an exception. I don’t think people should be allowed to keep chimps, tigers, bears, orangutangs, and other animals that can break someone’s back with a love-tap as household pets. Here is an update–apparently the man tried to “reason” with the chimps. He wasn’t very successful. [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2005/03/07/state/n105102S18.DTL](http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2005/03/07/state/n105102S18.DTL) ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chimp-beat-down/292891/48 "2005-03-08T14:02:54Z")
> [@Tentacle Monster](#): > > If I ever have my balls and my nose chewed off; _save the balls first!_ I’d rather have a prosthetic nose than Neuticles. Just don’t get them confused! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chimp-beat-down/292891.md?page=2)