Although chimps and other large mammals are portrayed as friendly and enjoyable creatures to be around, the reality is much more sobering. Chimps, once they reach adulthood are dangerous and unpredictable. They’re substantially stronger than a grown man and can do incredible damage very quickly. For that reason and for the fact that zoonotic diseases […]
Written on Friday, July 18th, 2008 by hobertsutton :: 0 comments to this post
Although chimps and other large mammals are portrayed as friendly and enjoyable creatures to be around, the reality is much more sobering. Chimps, once they reach adulthood are dangerous and unpredictable. They’re substantially stronger than a grown man and can do incredible damage very quickly. For that reason and for the fact that zoonotic diseases can more easily spread between the great apes and humans than many other creatures, they are generally not permitted near humans other than their keepers or other caretakers. Further, they are often frustrated in caged situations and will take their frustrations out on people around them by being violent or using other demonstrations (such as throwing feces) to display their anger.
Sadly, the media often protrays these animals in a rather two-dimentional way. Intelligent animals like dolphins and apes are shown to be friendly, likeable and enjoy interacting with people. The reality is that these creatures are wild animals and because of their intelligence are capable of killing their own kind, forced sex against young/infant animals, and other acts that were once thought to be only in the realm of human interactions. They often interact in a ‘friendly’ manner only to secure their food or other rewards and shun any contact not associated with either rewards or people known to provide rewards.
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