Comments on: Those Amazing Animals

By: E5

E5 — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:54:50 +0000

Do you think there might be a chance you called the robot butler vs chimp butler fight a little early?:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,496309,00.html

By: T.A.B.

T.A.B. — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:30:04 +0000

A friend noted that this situation (an ape killing a human) is exactly how “Conquest of the Planet of the Apes” got started. You’re the only other person I know who made the connection via your ape image.

By: Todd Seavey

Todd Seavey — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:10:12 +0000

And on a less amusing note, chimp-victim Charla Nash reportedly lost her eyes, nose, and jaw to Travis, not only her face-flesh.

By: Todd Seavey

Todd Seavey — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 17:03:25 +0000

Meanwhile, at the animal hospital, a reminder of humanity’s own most devastating combat move:

http://my.earthlink.net/article/str?guid=20090217/499a5260_3ca6_15526200902172104445950

By: Xine

Xine — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:40:34 +0000

Belatedly: I heard the 911 call on the radio yesterday, and the woman indeed screams, “He ripped off her face…AND ATE IT!”

By: Todd Seavey

Todd Seavey — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 21:27:48 +0000

On a somewhat animal-related note, see if you can spot the real idiot in this story of a fire caused by Tracy Morgan’s fish tank, pointed out to me by one of my ACSH co-workers:

http://gothamist.com/2009/02/18/fdny_puts_out_fish_tank_fire_at_tra.php

Hint:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherri_Shepherd#Criticized_statements

By: Todd Seavey

Todd Seavey — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 19:11:38 +0000

Great follow-up headline appearing now:

Conn. woman says she never gave slain chimp Xanax