Reply #31: I looked at pictures of Travis the chimp...

[liberalmuse]

and thought, "That's not fucking normal." He looked like a really old, overweight American grandpa. There's something wrong with that shit. Most animals (barring cats and dogs) should be left in the wild. You don't see overweight animals who need to be put on Xanax in the wild. Only in captivity. This story has kept me awake at night. It is really, REALLY disturbing, not only because chimps are normally pleasant creatures, but because a woman went to help her friend one day and did not realize it would be the most hellish day of her life. No hands, no eyes, no nose, no jaw. Jesus. Not to mention a lifetime of PTSD because a wild animal you thought was a cute pet your eccentric friend kept tried to devour you. And yes, I'm sick for the chimp, too. He didn't know what the fuck he was doing. He was doing what extinct programmed him to do.