Thursday, April 21, 2005

They weren't talking, were they?

(via Drudge) When chimps go ape.
...one of the chimps apparently figured out how to reach through a tight space between a chain link fence and a wall, pull out a steel pin and slide a door open.

The animals chewed off part of a man's face, and mauled other parts of his body, before Brauer's son-in-law shot the animals to death.
If they start appearing in orange jump suits and roaming the streets of Los Angeles, I'll get very nervous.

update!: Andrew Stuttaford at The Corner warns us that this will lead "to General Urko."
Capuchins have already been trained to be companions to quadriplegics, performing tasks such as serving food, turning off lights and brushing hair. Mr Truelove said the same training could prepare a capuchin monkey for police intelligence work.
Sounds like what the apes were doing right before they conquered Los Angeles.