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Travis (October 21, 1995 – February 16, 2009) was a male chimpanzee who was raised by and lived with Sandra Herold in Stamford, Connecticut.On February 16, 2009, he attacked and mauled Herold's friend, Charla Nash, blinding her, severing several body parts, and lacerating her face, before he was shot and killed by responding Officer Frank Chiafari.
Buddy and Ollie attacked St. James simultaneously; one chimpanzee initially attacked his face, the other chimpanzee attacked his foot. [7] The sanctuary owner's son-in-law, Mark Carruthers, retrieved a .45 caliber revolver and shot Buddy in the head. Meanwhile, Ollie dragged St. James' body down a walkway. Carruthers followed and shot him. [7] [3]
Lucy's life-story was the subject of a 2010 one-hour Radiolab episode entitled ‘Lucy’. [9] Excerpts of this show were also included in This American Life, under the title ‘Parent Trap’. Both stories focus on Lucy's lifelong emotional stress. [10] In 2021 an HBO Max documentary film, Lucy the Human Chimp, was made. [11]
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Afterwards, the victorious chimpanzees celebrated boisterously, throwing and dragging branches with hoots and screams, and retreated. [1] Once the Kasakela group had left, Godi stood up again, but probably died of his injuries soon after. [1] This was the first time chimpanzees had been seen to deliberately attempt to kill a fellow male ...
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Gary Brown, Melvin Mammah, two other Americans and a local guide are attacked by a massive escaped chimpanzee while visiting a chimpanzee sanctuary. The guide has his entire face eaten off and dies, while some of the others receive serious injuries. A European viper strikes tourist David Dunn in France, leaving his brother to get him to safety.