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February 18, 2009
"Why I'd Shoot A Chimp" - 15
The details of this story are almost too gruesome to relate, so if you want the full download see here: I wish I could say I was surprised by the chimp’s attack on the unfortunate woman, but I’m not. Chimps have a long and bloody history of attacking and killing people and nobody has any business owning one as a pet. What does this have to do with a hunting and shooting blog? Well, I have a very un-P.C. confession to make, which is that if I were to encounter a chimp in the wild while on a hunt in Africa (granted, an extremely unlikely eventuality) I wouldn’t hesitate for a moment to shoot it if it so much as gave me a hard stare. Yes, I really dislike the buggers and that underlying and perhaps irrational animosity extends toward their cousin (and ours) the baboon, which I have on more than one occasion shot. But is that feeling so irrational? I don’t need a lecture on the fact that in the evolutionary scheme of things that homo sapiens came out on top in relation to the other primates and that they’ve certainly suffered more at our hands than we have at theirs. And yet, on some level I think my reaction is based on a deeply rooted, subconscious recognition that these creatures were probably bitter rivals of our ancient ancestors, with plenty of blood shed as a result on both sides and through whatever happy circumstance we just happened to push them into the jungles and trees instead of the other way around. Oddly, I don’t have the same reaction to gorillas, but maybe that’s because they don’t throw off the same bloodthirsty vibe. Go figure.
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Comments (15)
I'm with you John. Something about baboons just doesn't sit right with me either.
Here's a link to my thoughts on the incident.
http://randomactsofpatriotism.blogspot.com/2009/02/what-did-we-learn.htm...
Your right, Chimps and Baboons are not something to mess with ..Read enough Peter Capstick books and you will see plenty of examples of what a baboon is capable of.
John, you hit the nail on the head and I agree with you wholeheartedly. Baboons are just nasty mean creatures with teeth to match and I would enjoy dropping one or more of those, just so they don’t forget who’s boss. As for Chimps, yes, a hard stare is all that is needed.
As for the Great Apes, they should be protected at any cost, yes Any cost! I can only hope that the Park Rangers continue to protect them from the poachers.
Brian
Boca Raton, FL
Two words explain this to me... WILD ANIMAL
I don't agree with you in that they were some evolutionary rival of mankind at any state of our history. I simply do not think they could compete with us. I think you have a rational side to your aingst against them and that would be that they are dangerous, unpredictable wild animals. You wouldn't turn your back on a squirrel in the park would you? They scare me.
I agree with the author on this one. Our evelotionary edge is that we came up with weapons and were willing to use them. On the issue of dangerous pets. I'm of two minds on pitbulls. I'm generally against people owning wolves under any circumstances. It should be set in stone however that thou shallt neither own chimpanzees nor incredible hulks as thou art defenseless before them.
Please excuse my horrendous spelling of evolutionary above.
Baboons can take on a leopard and win! Nuff said?
I have shot my share of Baboons and they can be very dangerous if you are not careful. Their fangs are incredible, and troops of Baboons have been regularly known to attack humans and even steal babies, at times. Chimps and Baboons are always not the playful, loving creatures that some might have you believe.
I remember that guy who thought he was some kind of bear on the Animal Channel, and lived with the bears until they ate him and his girlfriend. Some people forget. People are people and animals are animals. Each one has its place in the scheme of things. And the lines are not meant to be crossed. The trouble is that many of these city folks have never experienced a wild animal and think that they think like people or their pets. They don't. And those who forget this pay the price. Heck, I've shot feral cats that came to attack my animals.
I witnessed a similar incident back in the early 60's at a amusement park in NJ called Jersey Jungle. The owner had a female pet chimp that had somehow gotten pregnant. She had probably come in heat and backed up to the cage holding the other chimps, regardless she gave birth to a still born and went totally bersek! The owner had her living in an a building that firtunately had bars on the windows. We tried for four days to get the dead baby from her without any luck. The owner finally had to shoot her through the bars as she was running full bore at him with her mouth wide open screaming wildly. It was a very hair rasing expirience to say the least.
John Snow,
I don't hunt as much as you, but then again I don't get the freebies you do. I work for a living and I hunt for pleasure.
How dare you. You call yourself a hunter or sportsman. You should look closely at yourself. You say you'd take out a chimpanzee just for giving you a hard stare? How are you allowed to hunt in that country anymore? If I was your PH, I'd give you a swift kick in the head and send you home, don't come back! Get a friggin brain ahole. When I was in third grade with my first BB gun I had your mentality, but I grew out of it. I'd love to meet you.
I can't believe all you wannabee's sucking up to this crap.
JIM W.
You are obviously missing the author's point. He is only expressing his opinion on how dangerous and unpredictable the baboon and chimps can be. Then you want to call names and talk about what you would do "IF" you were his PH. PH's hunt for a living. Not for pleasure.
I also like how you throw that "I work for a living" line. Typical envy being spewn. These articles are what the author(s) do "for a living."
I'm with u on that one if I saw one of thise things hunting some where i'd shoot that motha. I don't know what it is about them but I just don't like them.
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I'm with you John. Something about baboons just doesn't sit right with me either.
Here's a link to my thoughts on the incident.
http://randomactsofpatriotism.blogspot.com/2009/02/what-did-we-learn.htm...
Your right, Chimps and Baboons are not something to mess with ..Read enough Peter Capstick books and you will see plenty of examples of what a baboon is capable of.
John, you hit the nail on the head and I agree with you wholeheartedly. Baboons are just nasty mean creatures with teeth to match and I would enjoy dropping one or more of those, just so they don’t forget who’s boss. As for Chimps, yes, a hard stare is all that is needed.
As for the Great Apes, they should be protected at any cost, yes Any cost! I can only hope that the Park Rangers continue to protect them from the poachers.
Brian
Boca Raton, FL
Two words explain this to me... WILD ANIMAL
I don't agree with you in that they were some evolutionary rival of mankind at any state of our history. I simply do not think they could compete with us. I think you have a rational side to your aingst against them and that would be that they are dangerous, unpredictable wild animals. You wouldn't turn your back on a squirrel in the park would you? They scare me.
I agree with the author on this one. Our evelotionary edge is that we came up with weapons and were willing to use them. On the issue of dangerous pets. I'm of two minds on pitbulls. I'm generally against people owning wolves under any circumstances. It should be set in stone however that thou shallt neither own chimpanzees nor incredible hulks as thou art defenseless before them.
Please excuse my horrendous spelling of evolutionary above.
Baboons can take on a leopard and win! Nuff said?
I have shot my share of Baboons and they can be very dangerous if you are not careful. Their fangs are incredible, and troops of Baboons have been regularly known to attack humans and even steal babies, at times. Chimps and Baboons are always not the playful, loving creatures that some might have you believe.
I remember that guy who thought he was some kind of bear on the Animal Channel, and lived with the bears until they ate him and his girlfriend. Some people forget. People are people and animals are animals. Each one has its place in the scheme of things. And the lines are not meant to be crossed. The trouble is that many of these city folks have never experienced a wild animal and think that they think like people or their pets. They don't. And those who forget this pay the price. Heck, I've shot feral cats that came to attack my animals.
I witnessed a similar incident back in the early 60's at a amusement park in NJ called Jersey Jungle. The owner had a female pet chimp that had somehow gotten pregnant. She had probably come in heat and backed up to the cage holding the other chimps, regardless she gave birth to a still born and went totally bersek! The owner had her living in an a building that firtunately had bars on the windows. We tried for four days to get the dead baby from her without any luck. The owner finally had to shoot her through the bars as she was running full bore at him with her mouth wide open screaming wildly. It was a very hair rasing expirience to say the least.
JIM W.
You are obviously missing the author's point. He is only expressing his opinion on how dangerous and unpredictable the baboon and chimps can be. Then you want to call names and talk about what you would do "IF" you were his PH. PH's hunt for a living. Not for pleasure.
I also like how you throw that "I work for a living" line. Typical envy being spewn. These articles are what the author(s) do "for a living."
I'm with u on that one if I saw one of thise things hunting some where i'd shoot that motha. I don't know what it is about them but I just don't like them.
John Snow,
I don't hunt as much as you, but then again I don't get the freebies you do. I work for a living and I hunt for pleasure.
How dare you. You call yourself a hunter or sportsman. You should look closely at yourself. You say you'd take out a chimpanzee just for giving you a hard stare? How are you allowed to hunt in that country anymore? If I was your PH, I'd give you a swift kick in the head and send you home, don't come back! Get a friggin brain ahole. When I was in third grade with my first BB gun I had your mentality, but I grew out of it. I'd love to meet you.
I can't believe all you wannabee's sucking up to this crap.
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