The Terrifying Truth About Chimps

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[Woodsy]

If anyone is interested in more chimp stuff, look up the Chimp War. Observed by Jane Goodall and her team, a community of chimps broke into two distinct tribes that systematically hunted each other down one at a time. They were seen using stealth tactics such as walking single file, and remaining silent as they crept up and encircled their targets before ambushing them.

[stateyourname]

I volunteered at a zoo marketing department for a while, but by weird coincidence got to share the bus home with the animal care crew, they were very nice people, very open to chat and share photos and stories of the wild animals. I once asked them which animal was the one they had to be most careful around, expecting the answer to be tigers, all of them in unison agreed: never be alone or distracted in a room with Chimps.

[unknownvariable]

Chimps have always terrified me, way scarier than any shark. Mostly because they’re so human-like but also so unhinged and wild.

[Noodleydoo]

I have a friend named Glen who used to work at the Dallas Zoo. He told me he would rather go into the lion enclosure than the Chimpanzee's. He said people have no idea how strong they are--or how vicious!

[Irmatu]

How that man escaped with his doctorate intact is insane.

[ImperiousMax]

What's worse regarding Travis' case is one of his owners, Jerome, Sandra's late husband, actually told Sandra before his death to put Travis into a sanctuary after his death because he wasn't sure Sandra could take care of him on her own. But Sandra refused because she didn't want to be alone... To think that if she had done just that then that whole incident could've been avoided.

[unknownvariable]

I’m genuinely shocked that any of these people managed to get so close to chimps and even escape alive.

[dreamcatcherjulie]

"I was seven but I wasn't stupid" 😅🤣...Loved the video, you have a great voice for this. I find the whole ape family interesting and watch a lot of videos about them. Good job. Thanks for making.

[puxrb]

Yeah the Komodo is an instant out for me. I remember watching Steve Irwin back in the day and I've never seen the man more scared than when he was on an island with those things. He had to be extra cautious with every move, and this is the man that would swim in shallow croc-infested waters. I gained a true appreciation and respect for the Komodo dragon after watching that episode.

[randomcenturion]

Chimps are bloody terrifying. They've got the capacity to be both kind and cruel.

[lilitharam]

Komodos have actually been clicker trained, are as intelligent as a dog, and can recognize the zoo keepers and other humans who have interacted with them. They also don't generally bite unless they are hunting or hungry. I love but respect them. The ones at the Memphis Zoo are awesome! Love from Memphis!

[jimjoyce]

I love how comfortable you are just being real. Keep stepping bro

[vavavoodoo]

I got a chimp throwing things story. Many years ago, I was visiting a zoo and went to check out the chimps. They had a fairly nice(for a zoo) open enclosure surrounded by a moat. Two girls standing next to me thought it would be funny to toss ice cubes at the chimps. I was going to hollar for a zoo keeper, but then the largest chimp started tossing TURDS at the girls. They ran away screaming, then the chimp looked at me with a "hey you're cool you can hang" expression and he settled back down.

[stevencoffin]

I think what is so scary about the Travis story is that whenever you hear about for example somebody getting mauled by their "pet" tiger it's because the tiger was rough housing with their owner and just didn't know their own strength. If a tiger wanted to actually kill them, they would done it easily.
Travis not only wanted to kill that woman but wanted to drag it out and make it as slow and painful as possible.

[noahleonard]

I remember being in kindergarten in a town right next to Stamford and hearing about Travis tearing that lady’s face off from two of the teachers having a discussion. The one telling the story was so surprised by it, but the other teacher was super nonchalant and just went “I don’t care that he was raised like a human, it’s still a fucking chimp.”

[HoodtheJailbird]

Chimps have always scared me, I think it’s because they’re so close to humans but just off enough to give the uncanny valley feeling.

[fox-dies]

also! definitely agree on the gorilla part. gorillas are terrifyingly strong, but they are also pretty passive if you're not threatening. theres videos of wild life photographers being approached by whole families of gorillas who just sorta chill around them and sniff them and play with their clothes.

[micheleportatadino]

I knew the tragic story of Travis, and there are plenty of gut-punching details I guess couldn’t be mentioned for time reasons: his foster father had died of cancer a few years before, so did his foster sister in car accident; those events and the subsequent depression of his foster mother sunk the chimp into a depressive state of mind as well, so much that his foster mom thought it was a good idea to cure him with antidepressants for humans.
The day he mauled Charla Nash she had her hair dyed red, she exited the car with an Elmo toy which was also bright red, that may be the reason he snapped. That and the fact he was overweight, depressed and on drugs. It’s still uncertain.

Oh and you forgot a couple of disturbing facts: the humanzee experiments/theories and the chimp clans war known as the Chimp Gombe War.

[Terraraptor]

I'm a zoologist, and I work with primates for a living. I just wanted to say thank you for making these videos. I genuinely learn something new every time, and you present it in such a way that it feels easily accessible for everyone. Your Youtubes very own Steve Irwin in my book.

[anthonytonythegeek]

The 09 incident is honestly the most unsettling thing I’ve heard, I remember hearing about this when it happened, and I was young at the time (like seven years old) and even then I knew that would be terrifying, but after actually looking back, and seeing what happened, it’s truly unsettling. Also the fact that someone can have a pet that has almost 90 percent of their dna that is similar to ours is a little… odd to say the least