Why Do Chimps Attack?

Another unprovoked chimp attack begs the question: What makes these animals angry?

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  1. poodlepants reblogged this from discoverynews
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  3. barefootinarowingboat reblogged this from discoverynews and added:
    Uh I don’t know, how would you like your whole life to be lived in a cage?
  4. sonicanteater reblogged this from ljdigital
  5. yellowhammer-blurb said: I read the theory is that chimps brought in from the wild into loose captivity have lost mentoring by older males or females and are basically rogue, similar to what is happening with elephant herds.
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  11. teenysidhe reblogged this from opakakaek and added:
    To sum up: Guy went behind the safety fences; these are previously-abused animals; it’s horrible what happened to him...
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  14. orsomethingg reblogged this from discoverynews and added:
    Probably our terrifying faces and meticulously groomed hair.
  15. jellynotjam reblogged this from discoverynews and added:
    Monkeys freak. me. out. They’ll kill us all one day. Mark my words.
  16. monkeyman02 reblogged this from discoverynews
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  19. moron4hire reblogged this from discoverynews and added:
    Honestly, if I lived such a patronizing life as most of these chimps, I would freak the fuck out, too.
  20. picardwouldtotallyrulekirk reblogged this from discoverynews
  21. ocelotrevs said: Being in a cage as an exhibition will do that to you.
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  24. ljdigital reblogged this from discoverynews and added:
    Narratives in the Digital Age Students! Sound familiar?
  25. skeptikitty said: That is like asking why prisoners fight! If you lock something up and keep it out of it’s natural habitat (or worse exploit it for entertainment or torture it) it is going to snap one day and attack. Happy animals don’t attack - end of!
  26. taliajaeartwork reblogged this from discoverynews and added:
    Maybe because they are WILD ANIMALS!
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  29. mallowtree reblogged this from discoverynews and added:
    I’d attack humans if they tested on my family too.