Primate attacks.

Jenner 515

Jenner 515

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Hey guys if this is in the wrong place let me know.

Just read the news article and listened to the 911 tape concerning the Chimpanzee attack on that poor lady in CT.

Read some more about a Previous attack, back in 2006 I believe, where a guy visiting an animal sanctuary was attacked by two of them.

Then there was the case where a 300# Gorilla escaped his location at the Dallas Zoo in 2004 and attacked 4 people including at least one child.

Here is my Survival question. You're at a Zoo and confronted with this situation. What do you do?

Fight Back?
Curl up and Play dead like with Bears?
Run?
Different Rules if you're in the bush?
Do you try and Protect certain portions of your anatomy?

Anybody got insight?

Feel free to expand the question to big cats as has happened with the Tiger in California and a Jaguar at the Denver Zoo (Jaguar didn't get out but it mauled a keeper).
 
If I can - I would run !
If it's too late to run or the animal is too close I would have to fight it.The bigger the knife - the better.Since my EDC is a Buck 110 (which isn't small,but not as big and strong as the Buck 119 or J.P. Peltonen's M95) it won't be an easy fight...
 
A primate is BEYOND strong so who the heck knows what could be done? I always have two knives on me. I guess I would be swinging both as fast as possible!:confused: Probally just use them to put myself out of my misery.
 
I believe I read somewhere that when male primates attack male humans, they go for the genitals. No kidding. Aggression in primates is usually (IMO) over females, and what better way to defeat an enemy than to emasculate him? So that's what I would protect. As far as defense, I'm not sure how you would handle it. Instinctively is a good guess.
 
The only thing I can think of is that poor boy Bobby Boucher that kept getting beat up by that escaped gorilla. :D

Honestly, I think I would rather wear a tin foil hat to protect against alien brain waves than to prep myself for possible escaped primate attacks. For the sake of argument, CCW with a minimum of 357 mag. Chris
 
Chris, stainless heat-treating foil works even better. Lasts longer too :D

I'd run like hell. If it caught me, short of a using a firearm, I would just curl up and pray.
 
Shoot him dead , reload shoot him dead again, and if you have one more clip why not as it only costs the same as the first two one more time ! Happy shooting and if you are uncarried find something big and ugly to wail on him with, when he comes to chew on you! Otherwise run like hell!
 
Frostyfingers said:
I believe I read somewhere that when male primates attack male humans, they go for the genitals. No kidding. Aggression in primates is usually (IMO) over females, and what better way to defeat an enemy than to emasculate him? So that's what I would protect. As far as defense, I'm not sure how you would handle it. Instinctively is a good guess.
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The guy attacked by two Chimps in 2006, had his Genitals ripped off. :eek:
(According to Wikipedia)
 
If anything attacks me with a murderous intent (or gives me a good reason to think it attacks me with a murderous intent) I'm going to keep shooting it until it keeps moving. But the worst possible scenario I can think about is that the primate is a human and it attacks me with a weapon. :)
 
alberich, +1 this is something to be carried for life, but being in the right makes it a good decision and one that you can live with!
 
Frostyfingers said:
I believe I read somewhere that when male primates attack male humans, they go for the genitals. No kidding. Aggression in primates is usually (IMO) over females, and what better way to defeat an enemy than to emasculate him? So that's what I would protect. As far as defense, I'm not sure how you would handle it. Instinctively is a good guess.
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This is true as far as chimps go. I wouldn't be surprised if other primates did the same, but I only know of chimps doing it. They will try to either bite/tear off genitals, and their fingernails are very thick and almost like knives.

I'm thinking you'd have to have a pretty accurate first stab/slash because you probably won't get too many attempts. It'd be a bad situation, that's for sure.
 
I never leave home without my trusty accordion for that very reason.

If attacked, I just start playing and the primate has no choice but to don a red and white styrofoam hat and a vest and start dancing.
 
jll346 said:
A primate is BEYOND strong so who the heck knows what could be done? I always have two knives on me. I guess I would be swinging both as fast as possible!:confused: Probally just use them to put myself out of my misery.
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LMFAO

I darn sure hope I never have to fight a monkey.... I can't even win a fight with my wife. :o

Carry as many knives as you want you'll never win this fight...

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shotgunner11 said:
I never leave home without my trusty accordion for that very reason.

If attacked, I just start playing and the primate has no choice but to don a red and white styrofoam hat and a vest and start dancing.
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Dang that's a good idea, might even get some spare change out of the deal, think I will go over to EGAY and try to find a good deal on a used accordion. :D Chris
 
Without having read all the responses mind you......

I believe id shoot the bahoohoo:D. Im just sayin.....;)
 
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The second it came out of the cage I would shoot the (expletive deleted) dead. I hate those s**t-flinging b*****ds!
 
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