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NEWS ABOUT: chimpanzees

chimpanzees stories: 39 news summaries

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 Eyeless Chimp Victim 
 Recounts Ordeal on Oprah 

'I want the nightmares to stop,' says Charla Nash

Nov 12, 09 2:30 AM CST
(Newser) - A woman viciously attacked early this year by a crazed pet chimpanzee discussed her ordeal and revealed her ravaged face on the Oprah Winfrey Show yesterday. Charla Nash lost her nose, lips, eyelid—and hands—in the attack by a Connecticut neighbor's chimp. Doctors also removed both eyes because of... More »

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pets • Oprah Winfrey • chimpanzees • animal attack • medicating pets • Charla Nash

 Ex-Editor Sues 'Racist' NY Post 

Employee says boss called her 'Cha Cha #1'

Nov 10, 09 5:56 PM CST
(Newser) - A former associate editor of the New York Post says she was fired for complaining about the paper’s racist and sexist atmosphere. Sandra Guzman, who identified herself as the “only female editor of color at the Post,” is suing parent News Corp. Her suit claims she was... More »

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African Americans • New York Post • sexism • racism • chimpanzees • News Corp

 Fossil Find 
 Shakes Up 
 Evolution 
 Timeline 

Ardipithecus ramidus lived in trees and walked upright

Oct 1, 09 11:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - A primate fossil found in Africa in 1994 predates the famous “Lucy” skeleton by 1 million years and offers clues to human evolution, researchers say. “This is huge,” a paleoanthropologist tells the Washington Post. “This is the biggest discovery really since” Lucy. The researchers believe... More »

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Africa • evolution • archaeology • paleontology • fossil • chimpanzees • Lucy • primates • scientific study • Australopithecus • Ardipithecus ramidus

 Chimps, Lions 
 Saved From 
 Calif. Inferno 

Volunteers help evacuate exotic animals from threatened Wildlife Waystation

Sep 2, 09 3:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Volunteers leaped to the rescue yesterday as the gigantic Station fire approached a home for exotic animals north of Los Angeles. Rescuers drove trucks, horse trailers, and an 18-wheeler Budweiser truck to the Wildlife Waystation to help evacuate its tigers, lions, bears, ostriches and other animals to the Los Angeles... More »

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California • lion • chimpanzees • Los Angeles Zoo • California wildfires • tiger • exotic animals • Station fire

(Newser) - The parasite that causes malaria almost certainly jumped from chimpanzees to humans much like the AIDS virus did, National Geographic reports. Scientists initially believed that the malaria parasite that kills over a million people annually was older than humanity. But new research has found that it is a mutant version... More »

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disease • malaria • monkey • chimpanzees • parasite • infectious diseases

 Chimps Can Get AIDS: Study 

SIV-infected chimps have high death rate, low T-cell counts

Jul 22, 09 3:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - Scientists have found evidence that chimpanzees can be sickened by SIV, the non-human version of HIV, adding to the understanding of how HIV/AIDS developed, the AP reports. Scientists have long believed that while other primates can contract simian immunodeficiency virus, they are not affected by it. A 9-year study of... More »

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disease • HIV • Tanzania • monkey • chimpanzees • apes • HIV/AIDS

(Newser) - The LA Times catches up with chimp guru Jane Goodall, who argues in a new book that that the world is nearly "at the point of no return" on the environment, but that political will can turn things around. Interview excerpts:
  • On the environment: "When I began
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environment • Africa • animal cruelty • zoo • chimpanzees • primates • Jane Goodall • primatology

(Newser) - He sat in the studio as the "Bad" album was recorded, dined with countless celebrities, and was once perhaps the world's most famous chimp. But like so many oldsters, today Michael Jackson's onetime pal Bubbles lives a quiet life in the retirement haven of Florida, reports the Miami Herald.... More »

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Florida • retirees • chimpanzees • Michael Jackson • sanctuary • Bubbles the Chimp

 Whatever Happened 
 to Jacko's Bubbles? 

Bubbles was Jackson's infamous "bosom pal," but where is he now?

Jun 29, 09 9:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - In the wake of Michael Jackson’s death, Neal Rubin of the Detroit News wondered: Whatever happened to Bubbles the chimpanzee? “For a while, Bubbles appeared to be Jackson’s best friend, which was sort of sad for both of them,” Rubin writes. The odd coupling lasted from... More »

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entertainment • celebrity • chimpanzees • Michael Jackson • primates • Bubbles the Chimp

 Conn. Chimp Was on 
 Xanax During Attack 

Necropsy reveals that he was on drugs, overweight

May 13, 09 1:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - The chimp that mauled a Connecticut woman in February, rendering her blind, had a small dose of antidepressant Xanax in his system, a necropsy has revealed. At 200 pounds, Travis was also severely obese. Police haven’t ruled out criminal charges against the owner, who is embroiled in a legal... More »

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Connecticut • Xanax • chimpanzees • animal attack • obese • Travis • necropsy

 Chimp 'Prostitutes' 
 Trade Sex for Meat 

Male chimps who shared hunt spoils had twice as many partners

Apr 8, 09 8:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Male chimps who get lucky hunting are a lot likelier to get lucky with female chimps if they share the spoils, a new study finds. Researchers tracked a band of chimps in the wild and found that while all were promiscuous, male hunters who shared meat—generally a rare treat... More »

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prostitution • chimpanzees • animal behavior • primates

(Newser) - Charla Nash, the Connecticut woman nearly mauled to death by a friend’s pet chimp, has been making dramatic progress in recent weeks and is now talking, moving, and asking for her daughter, the New York Daily News reports. Doctors had feared Nash would never recover. “For a... More »

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chimpanzees • animal attack • Cleveland Clinic • Charla Nash

Gorillas: Maybe Not as Gentle as We Thought

Ape vegetarian in the wild, but can turn carnivore in captivity

Mar 27, 09 11:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - King Kong aside, gorillas have somehow been able to hold onto their reputations as gentle giants, while myths about the belligerent chimpanzee and the promiscuous bonobo have long since been dispelled. But with new research into ape behavior, the last fable may fall, the Economist reports after primatologists studied apes... More »

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zoo • wildlife • chimpanzees • bonobos • gorilla • apes • orangutans

Family of
Chimp Victim Sues for $50M

They say primate's owner should not have owned 'wild animal'

Mar 17, 09 3:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Relatives of a woman mauled by a pet chimp are suing the primate's owner for $50 million, the New York Post reports today. The family of Charla Nash says Sandra Herold had no business owning a "wild animal with violent propensities" because she didn't have the skill or strength... More »

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pets • monkey • chimpanzees • primates • Charla Nash • Travis

(Newser) - A male chimp in Sweden has stirred excitement by storing a cache of stones to hurl at visitors, the BBC reports. Santino, a chimpanzee in a zoo north of Stockholm, proves that animals can prepare for future events, said scientist Mathias Osvath. "These observations convincingly show that our fellow... More »

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study • chimpanzees • consciousness • animal intelligence

Recovery in Doubt for
Chimp Victim

Woman lost face and hands in attack, may have brain damage

Mar 5, 09 3:59 AM CST
(Newser) - Doctors are doubtful about any significant recovery for a woman attacked by a pet chimpanzee last month, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports. Charla Nash lost her hands, lips, eyelids, nose and part of the bone structure of her face in the vicious attack, and has been in critical condition since.... More »

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chimpanzees • animal attack • Cleveland Clinic • Charla Nash

OPINION

 Misguided Cartoonist  
 Has 'Right to Fail': Parker 

Image was easily misread, but it's just a cartoon

Feb 25, 09 9:18 AM CST
(Newser) - The New York Post cartoon that has Al Sharpton up in arms was poorly thought out, to be sure, writes Kathleen Parker in the Washington Post. It "was offensive for reasons unrelated to race," she argues, but it’s important to remember that “outrage is out of... More »

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free speech • New York Post • First Amendment • racism • editorial cartoons • chimpanzees • cartoonist • economic stimulus package • Doug Marlette • Sean Delonas

 Murdoch Sorry for Cartoon 

Says it was only intended to mock stimulus

Feb 24, 09 8:22 AM CST
(Newser) - Rupert Murdoch eats some crow today, with a short statement in the New York Post apologizing for the now-infamous chimpanzee cartoon. “I have spoken to a number of people and I now better understand the hurt this cartoon has caused,” Murdoch writes. “The only intent of that... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • New York Post • race relations • racism • editorial cartoons • chimpanzees • News Corp

Crazed Chimp's Mom Also Killed in Rampage 

Shot in '01 dog attack; victim in unrelated mauling reaches out

Feb 22, 09 9:09 AM CST
(Newser) - The mother of the crazed chimpanzee killed last week after critically injuring a Connecticut woman was also shot dead after a rampage, reports the New York Daily News. Suzy the chimp was shot by a Missouri teen in 2001 after she attacked a dog. Meanwhile, another victim of a... More »

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chimpanzees • Travis

NAACP Demands Firing of Post Cartoonist

Controversy continues as NAACP threatens News Corp. boycott

Feb 22, 09 6:30 AM CST
(Newser) - NAACP leaders demanded the firing of the artist and editor responsible for the New York Post's controversial cartoon, reports CNN. Black leaders say the image draws on historically racist imagery by comparing President Obama to a chimpanzee. The NAACP has threatened boycotts of the Post and other News Corp. affiliates... More »

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Barack Obama • New York Post • editorial cartoons • chimpanzees • NAACP • News Corp

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