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U.S. student has surgery after savage attack by chimps

An American student is in critical condition after undergoing two operations after chimpanzees tore apart his body in front of tourists at a South African animal sanctuary, a hospital spokeswoman told CNN on Tuesday.

Andrew Oberle, a primatology student from University of Texas at San Antonio, was being treated at a Johannesburg hospital after two chimps attacked him Thursday, spokeswoman Robyn Baard said.

Oberle had been at the Jane Goodall Institute's Chimp Eden since May, according to Eugene Cussons, the facility's managing director. Oberle was at the sanctuary, near Nelspruit, South Africa, for the second time after training and volunteering there in 2010. His training included an explanation about "no-go" areas - spaces for animals where people are not supposed to go.

Witnesses to the attack said that Oberle went into a no-go area because he seemed to want to remove a stone close to one of the animals that could have been picked up and thrown around, Cussons told CNN.

news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/07/03/u-s-student-ravaged-by-chimps-undergoes-surgery/?hpt=wo_c2

Wowzer. Ever since I saw a chimp take out a crocodile, I avoid chimps.

This was about a year ago, but it's not something you readily forget once you read about it! Men will probably cringe.... link title says it all.

http://philly.barstoolsports.com/around-barstool/mon