Oprah chimpanzee face rips off12/1/2023 ![]() Travis used his huge primate teeth to tear off Charla's hands - before attacking her lips, eyelids, eyes, and nose. But the chimp - who weighed more than 200 pounds - viciously attacked her. In 2009, the then 50-year-old went to visit her pal Sandra Herold in Stamford Connecticut, where she had raised her pet chimpanzee Travis for most of his life. CHARLA NASH 11 Charla Nash revealed the horrific extent of her injuries on Oprah Credit: OPRAH When Charla Nash was savagely mauled by her friend's pet chimpanzee, it was a wonder she survived at all. But attacks on humans have long hit headlines, leaving victims with lifelong - and life-changing - injuries, with these being some of the most shocking acts of chimp violence. Researchers fear such fatal encounters could be down to climate change and diminished food supplies. And it comes as for the first time ever, scientists revealed they have witnessed wild chimps killing and eating gorillas. 11 Charla Nash was savagely mauled by her friend's pet chimpanzee Credit: AP:Associated Press Horrific pictures reveal what can happen when chimps attack - with some being pets which turned on their owners, zoo animals which went rogue, or even random attacks in the wild. Humans have suffered horrific injuries at the hands of the apes - which are estimated to be around four times more powerful than man. CHIMPANZEES may share almost 99 per cent of our DNA - but there is one thing that clearly sets them apart from humans: pure brute strength.
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