olyclimber Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 Bears eat monkey, visitors shocked AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) -- Bears killed and devoured a monkey in front of horrified visitors at a Dutch zoo, officials and witnesses said. Visitors reported that the grisly scene began as several bears chased the monkey, a macaque, onto a wooden structure at Beekse Bergen Safari Park. They said a bear tried unsuccessfully to shake the monkey loose, ignoring attempts by keepers to distract it. The bear then climbed up and grabbed the monkey, mauling it to death and bringing it to its concrete den, where three bears ate it. The park confirmed the killing. "The habitats here in the safari park are arranged in such a way that one animal almost never kills another, but they are and remain wild animals," it said in a statement. The attack occurred in an area of the zoo that contains both monkeys and sloth bears, a type of black bear found in the Asian subcontinent. The park said it plans now to move the macaques to another part of the park. http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/05/16/bear.monkey.ap/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-spotter Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 Do you have a YouTube video link? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sobo Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 The monkey prolly threw some shit at the bear, and hence he had it coming to him. They're always doing shit like that. Damn monkeys. Happy birthday, oly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archenemy Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 That sucks, I can't believe I missed that. I would actually fly overseas to see something that cool. I think I would feel in touch with nature: as long as they are behind a fence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olyclimber Posted May 16, 2006 Author Share Posted May 16, 2006 I found a video of the last SausageFest! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olyclimber Posted May 16, 2006 Author Share Posted May 16, 2006 I think these Euros are on to a goldmine, retro-Roman style. How much would you pay to see a giraffe and a grizzly battle to the death? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mountainmatt Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 I found a video of the last SausageFest! That video took 45 seconds of my life that I can never get back. I hope your happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZimZam Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 The monkey prolly threw some shit at the bear, and hence he had it coming to him. They're always doing shit like that. Damn monkeys. Happy birthday, oly! My Akita once killed and ate a skunk. That smelled really shitty. Damn skunks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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