Ep. 14: Travis the pet Chimpanzee
Get Out Alive: An Animal Attack Podcast
English - November 24, 2021 06:00 - 52 minutes - 47.6 MB - ★★★★ - 43 ratingsNature Science Sports Wilderness animal attacks wildlife science education funny nature true crime Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
On February 16th, 2009, an entirely avoidable event occurred: Charla Nash had her face ripped off by her friend Sandra Herold's pet chimp, Travis.Travis was a 200 pound, 14 year-old Chimpanzee. His owners "adopted" him for $50,000 from a place called the Missouri Chimpanzee Sanctuary, and raised him as a mix between a pet and a child. He ate at the dinner table with them, drank wine, slept in their beds, and DROVE. CARS. You can imagine Ashley and Nick have some strong opinions in this one.And yes, we also touch on Harambe.This is our most graphic episode yet - if you are of the faint of heart, this may not be the episode for you.Somehow we didn't mention Jane Goodall (despite her being Ashley's idol), but you can learn more about her amazing chimpanzee work at JaneGoodall.org
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