BBC America's headlines today had an interesting story. The title read Zoo Chimp Planned Stone Attacks this headline caught my eye because...well, who isn't interested in a stone wielding strategical monkey?
Zoo keepers of the Swedish facility finally figured out last week what the chimp had been gathering large rocks and bits of concretes for. The chimp had a whole damn artillery saved up. The attack was called by one paper, "a hailstorm of rocks against visitors".
Scientist are pretty excited about this chimp's ambush on innocent Swedish citizens and zoo keepers. The incident clears up the "do they think ahead?" question pretty clearly.
The whole thing sounds like the murmurs of a zoo animal revolution. Or maybe the government will find some way of harnessing the chimps throwing ability. Next thing you know we'll have a full chimp squadron in the U.S.A.
I can't help but laugh thinking about how the whole charade played out: tourists
snapping pictures, zoo keepers tossing out bananas and suddenly Chimpy sees his chance. And then the launching began.
I'm pretty sure all this scientific hoopla is not what this chimp had in mind. Possibly his demands are more food, more conjugal visits with the lady chimps, or maybe he's just tired of those Swedes.
Whatever the reason I have a feeling this won't be Chimpy's last attack...somebody better make sure those banana peels are disposed of safely.
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