A Dutch gorilla makes a bid for freedom:

A witness, Robert de Jonge, told NOS radio that he didn’t see the gorilla escape but began following it and tried to help after he saw people running and screaming that the animal had grabbed a woman.

“I saw the beast running through the park with a woman behind him, him grabbing her forearm,” De Jonge said.

At a distance of around 30 yards, he saw the gorilla lie down near the woman and then heard her scream.

“He bit her, or I think he bit her, because when he stood up his mouth was covered in blood,” De Jonge said.

He said he then stopped to tell arriving police what had happened…

If only all gorillas were as helpful.

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5 responses to “At the Zoo”

  1. Noga Avatar

    I couldn’t resist:

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  2. DaninVan Avatar
    DaninVan

    I’m on the Ape’s side! Damn Humans.
    Brings to mind the old fable of the venomous snake that bit the woman that rescued it from the cold; “You knew what I was when you took me in!” replied the snake to his ‘victim’s’ question, “Why did you bite me?”
    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070513.wtiger0513/BNStory/National/home

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  3. William Avatar
    William

    Dutch newspapers report that the woman in question is far more seriously wounded than the Breitbart report indicates. She has bite wounds down to the bone, a severly damaged ribcage, a shattered hand, and a broken wrist and arm. She is under permanent narcosis pending surgery. The director od the zoo apparently understated the damage. A man in a wheelchair was also sent flying in the stampede. According to a regular visitor Bokito the gorilla had been highly agitated for weeks on end after three of his “children” were transferred to Shanghai Zoo.

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  4. dearieme Avatar
    dearieme

    The criminologists assure us that statistically this didn’t happen.

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  5. DaninVan Avatar
    DaninVan

    “Bokito the gorilla had been highly agitated for weeks on end after three of his “children” were transferred to Shanghai Zoo.”
    Goddamn Social workers!

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