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In a world that’s in a constant state of change, you can never stop learning. That’s why many of us are always hungry for tasty knowledge bites and nibbles of information to help us better navigate our surroundings. However, as much as it is easy to be amazed by what humanity and nature are capable of, there’s also a darker side we often overlook.

So quite recently, Redditor RefrigeratorDry495 decided to learn more about it and reached out to AskReddit to start up a thread about simple yet incredibly disturbing and scary facts. People from far and wide rolled up their sleeves and started typing out responses that really are not for the faint of heart.

From creepy stuff about our past to alarmingly unsettling statistics, we at Bored Panda handpicked some of the most popular answers from the thread. So if you’re ready to witness how real life can be far more terrifying than fiction, continue scrolling and share your thoughts with us in the comments! A small note of warning, though, some of these facts can seem a bit overwhelming, so if you’re in great need of something lighter, take a look at our recent post full of wholesome stories right here.

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40 Haunting Real-Life Facts You've Probably Never Heard Before Sharks have been around for at least 420 million years, meaning they have survived four of the “big five” mass extinctions. That makes them older than humanity, older than Mount Everest, older than dinosaurs, older even than trees. Yet we could potentially see them extinct in our lifetime

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40 Haunting Real-Life Facts You've Probably Never Heard Before If a biological trait is common in almost every human, then it evolved for a reason. Almost everybody has the same response to the "uncanny valley," or in other words we are made uncomfortable by things that look almost human but not quite. This implies humans once had a reason to fear something that looks human but isn't.

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40 Haunting Real-Life Facts You've Probably Never Heard Before Egyptian mummies wouldn’t be so rare today if the Victorian British hadn’t eaten most of them.

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Deborah B
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They also burned them as fuel, especially in Egypt. Short on firewood? Burn the lovingly-preserved bodies of ancient locals. Colonialists were crappy people.

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If there’s one thing that never ceases to amaze us, it's the amount of knowledge in the world. We can spend a lifetime trying to make sense of our surroundings by gathering new information every chance we get. One additional perk is that we get to spice up dull conversations and come up with new brilliant ideas to make this planet just a tad better.

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More often than not, however, we applaud and celebrate the technological breakthroughs that we humans manage to create and also the mesmerizing beauty of the natural world. Let’s be honest, the disturbing and scary facts about real life may catch our attention, but they’re bound to send shivers down our spines. Sure, it’s better to be safe than sorry, but who really wants to know about massive super volcanos or missing nuclear weapons that have never been recovered? That's nightmare material right there.

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40 Haunting Real-Life Facts You've Probably Never Heard Before You have no way of really knowing if everyone experiences reality and consciousness the same way you do.

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40 Haunting Real-Life Facts You've Probably Never Heard Before Statistically speaking, if you are a woman and get murdered, it was most likely by a family member, partner or ex-partner, in your own home.

If you are a man and get murdered, it was most likely by an acquaintance or stranger, in a public place.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I watch a lot of true crime, and when a woman gets murdered it's actually surprising when it turns out NOT to be the boyfriend/husband.

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40 Haunting Real-Life Facts You've Probably Never Heard Before Maximum part of oxygen came from sea/oceans. But people always talks about protecting trees not sea/oceans.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If i am not mistaken (correct me if i am) algae and corrals do most of the work converting Carbon dioxide to oxygen

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But it looks like turning a blind eye to the uneasy side of life is not that easy. You see, there’s one thing we humans are wired to do — seek out the gloom. As daunting as that may sound, we have this tendency to give more significance to negative thoughts than positive or neutral ones, something the experts call the negativity bias.

Rick Hanson, Ph.D., psychologist and author of Hardwiring Happiness, explained that humans evolved to be fearful, and it helped keep us alive. "This vulnerability to feeling threatened has effects at many levels, ranging from individuals, couples, and families, to schoolyards, organizations and nations," he wrote and stressed how important it is to be aware of how our brains become wary if we want to regain some amount control in the way we perceive the world.

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40 Haunting Real-Life Facts You've Probably Never Heard Before the world invests more money in viagra and botox than in the study of Alzheimer

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Are you suggesting that the world is hard and expressionless when it comes to Alzheimer's research?

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Moving back the start time for school in an area resulted in 70% less car accidents.

Similarly at each daylight saving, heart attacks and accidents decrease with an hour of extra sleep and increase with an hour less of sleep.

Sleep is crazy important.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Moving back the start time would mean less sleep though right? ..I'm just confused on that part because it resulted in less accidents when school was earlier but similarly the extra hours sleep meant less heart attacks and accidents..sleep is important but wouldn't you be losing sleep if the school run was earlier ?

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40 Haunting Real-Life Facts You've Probably Never Heard Before Cotard's syndrome, also called "walking corpse syndrome," is a condition wherein the patient believes they are dead, dying, missing parts of their bodies, or don't exist.

Some people with Cotard's syndrome may stop speaking or eating since they believe they're dead.

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Hanson stated that the nervous system has been evolving for 600 million years. "Our ancestors had to make a critical decision many times a day: approach a reward or avoid a hazard,” he wrote. People had to find food, have children, and hide from predators to survive and avoid threats.

However, if our ancestors missed out on food one day, they could easily find some more the next. But if they failed to dodge potential dangers, they didn't get the chance to pass on their genes to future generations. "Consequently, your body generally reacts more intensely to negative stimuli than to equally strong positive ones," Hanson explained.

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40 Haunting Real-Life Facts You've Probably Never Heard Before You can condition someone with zero personal/family history of mental illness into having some very severe mental illnesses within about a week.

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40 Haunting Real-Life Facts You've Probably Never Heard Before The entire planet could be immediately destroyed by any one of a number of cosmic events that we have no way of seeing or stopping like rogue black holes.

Worse...there are some events we can very much see coming, but do absolutely nothing about.

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40 Haunting Real-Life Facts You've Probably Never Heard Before I read somewhere ( don’t remember where) that you are more likely to be bitten by someone in New York than to be bitten by a shark.

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"The alarm bell of your brain — the amygdala (you’ve got two of these little almond-shaped regions, one on either side of your head) — uses many of its neurons to look for bad news: it’s primed to go negative in most people," the psychologist continued. "Once it sounds the alarm, negative events and experiences get quickly stored in memory — in contrast to positive events and experiences, which are not prioritized in the same way."

But while this is a great way to pass on gene copies, our quality of life has been improving significantly and proving we don’t actually need to feel afraid or anxious all of the time. To lead a healthy and fulfilling life, we need to better grasp this tendency to focus on the negativities and understand that things are usually not as bad. So if you’re feeling overwhelmed by all the discomforting things around you, try to pay attention to what’s in front of you.

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40 Haunting Real-Life Facts You've Probably Never Heard Before Yellowstone is a giant super volcano. If it blows, things on this planet will go really bad really fast.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Is there any geologist here? How many super volcanoes do exist on the Earth?

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Every time you move your eyes from one spot to another, you go blind for the instant your eyes are moving. It’s called “Saccadic masking”, it’s an evolutionary trait to stop us from getting motion sick.

Your brain fills in the blank spot with whatever you end up looking at and context clues. It’s why when you first look at a clock, the second hand seems to take longer to click the first time

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40 Haunting Real-Life Facts You've Probably Never Heard Before Chimps don't attack to kill. Instead they aim for the genitals, face, and fingers and will leave the opponent alive.

There have been many people who have owned chimps who have turned on their owners and left them incredibly disfigured. One case, the chimp ripped a man's junk off. In all cases, faces were mutilated and fingers were chewed off. It's pretty much how they instinctively fight in the wild.

So if you think that chimp is going to be a cute pet, better think twice. Even if you raised it since it was born, they'll turn on you at any second. A disfigurement roulette waiting to happen.

Vile creatures.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think anyone who keeps a chimp as a pet is rather asking for problems. They aren't meant to be pets!

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Scagsy
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think you mean 'wild' creatures. They are not vile. They are humanised wild animals and then people are surprised when one attacks them. Leave wild animals in the wild.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not quite. See Gombe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gombe_Chimpanzee_War

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Vile creatures? I hope op meant the jerks who essentially keep prisoner chimps and other wild animals not ever meant to be pets. They're the vile creatures, not the poor chimps.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Chimps are pretty nasty with each other and other smaller primates, they'll kill for dominance (and eat the loser). That behaviour is not exclusive to chimps of course, but people tend to think a chimp is less dangerous than a lion for instance. Vile is a bit harsh though, they don't behave like that for fun, it's really survival of the fittest. They are absolutely not pets and belong in the wild.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

One thing to consider when assessing the danger of an animal to humans: Humans are experts of persistence. We *evolved* to be able to go for hours and hours without tiring, when every other animal would have collapsed from overheating. However, among other things we sacrificed *short-time strength* for this (they require different types of muscle tissue, so you can't excel in both at the same time). If an animal looks like it should be about as strong as a human - it's much stronger than that. If it looks like it should be stronger - it's way, *way* stronger. Humans should never, ever, underestimate the strength of other animals.

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The last line of this post really rubbed me the wrong way. Chimps are wild animals that have their own social system and behaviors that have evolved over millions of years to help them survive as a species. They are not meant to be pets, period. Humans also do way more harm to each other in hundreds of different ways then pretty much most other species of animal.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's anyone who thinks they can 'own' a chimp or keeps one as a pet who's a vile creature.

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Bill cipher
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I heard a story where someone had locked herself in her car cause her pet chimp ripped her friends face off

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's a very famous, well known story about Travis the chimp. He did more than just rip her face off. Poor woman.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Crazy, it's almost like we maybe shouldn't be holding wild animals captive. I don't blame the "vile creatures" at all in this situation. Unless by "vile creatures" you mean "people".

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think the only "vile creature" in this scenario is the human who thinks it's cool to have a chimp as a pet. Just sayin 🤷🏼‍♀️

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wild can be tamed, but it is not domesticated. It takes multiple generations of breeding for docility for a wild animal to be domesticated. Look up the Siberian Fox experiment.

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Id row
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

All I can think of is that one woman who had her face ripped off by a chimp. It was horrific.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

People having chimps as pets are the vile creatures. Chimps just react like evolution have taught them to.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I wouldn't say vile. They are what they are. Humans shouldn't try make everything their pet.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I once thought monkeys and chimps sort of cute. Then I visited a country where they are in the wild. What a bunch of obnoxious little twats!

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When I learned that Chimpanzees will eat monkeys, it changed my world. FIRST of all, until recently I thought Chimpanzees WERE monkeys...

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Technically all apes are also monkeys. Apes are a tail-less subset rather than an entirely sperate grouping.

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This isn't correct. Chimps have been known to kill for killing's sake. See the Gombe Chimp War: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gombe_Chimpanzee_War

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Don't say vile creatures. They're just behaving according to their nature. It's the human's fault for taking the chimpanzee out of It's natural environment.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I remember a true story about a chimp owner in the States had a female friend come visit and the chimp attacked the visitor. The poor woman had her face ripped off and her eyes mangled so she ended up having to have her face reattached and was totally blind. It was truly horrific :(

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There is a reason if you ever watch a zoological program on the tv, the zookeepers are never in the same space as large primates. There is always cage walls separating the keeper from the animal. And what they don't tell you, if they are ever doing any kind of medical exam where the primate is anesthetized, there is always someone standing just out of camera frame with a loaded rifle, just in case the animal wakes up. Large primates can be extremely dangerous.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I saw on a Nat Geo or something that they maim and disfigure, purposely going for genitals, faces, etc because it is a purposeful degradation and insult. In the wild, that male won't be competition for breeding. Face missing would make it tough as well. But then you have to walk around and live your life with hideous disfigurement. Scientists believe it is truly malicious behavior with the intent to hurt, shame and ruin the other without killing. Like lifelong torture. Ya know, something like what people do......

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Primates do not make good pets. NONE of them. Because they are very social troop oriented creatures, taking just one in a house is very cruel. Many times they get psychotic, biting themselves, pulling their hair out. I really wanted a baby monkey so bad until I did my homework. Please watch this video In Their Own Words: The Sad Stories of Pet Primates https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9ZBJ1xqKZ8

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They are not vile creatures.....they are wild animals behaving instinctively......leave them in the wild and stop trying to domesticate them....

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That’s where the wild bit in animals is a hint that they’re wild.

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Jude Corrigan
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The only vile creatures are humans that imprison animals without suitable care and space. I do not mean zoos as they do not treat the animals as pets then blame them for natural behaviour.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I appreciate the post stating people shouldn't have them as pets but when you end it with "vile creatures" in such a negative way, well.. you're just a big a*s hypocrite being a human lol.

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Jill Tremblay
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Vile creatures" Ok, and humans are so much better right. Simple solution. Keep the wild animals out in the wild. Leave them alone.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They aren't "vile creatures" they are highly intelligent and social creatures not meant to PETS, no wonder they react badly.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I would assume it is illegal in most place to have chimp as pets and where it is not illegal, people probably know better than trying to do that.

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Susan Williams
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

These methods work for women who are being attacked by men, too.

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Taylor Sublett
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Google "chimpanzee alopecia" to see how yoked they are. Basically natural body builders

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Humans are waaay more violent but we typically use tools like knives, guns, ropes to hurt or kill.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Keeping any wild animal as a pet is asking for trouble. Ya'll remember Ziegfried & Roy?

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Riley Quinn
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Chimpanzees are vile creatures because they might turn on their human captors. No, OP, you're a vile creature.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

frankly i don't want a pet that has between 5 and 10× human strength, human level problem solving skills and none of the higher reasoning and fights in such a way humans usually design landmines and antipersonnel weapons to work.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There is a reason that monkeys and other wild animals belong in their natural habitat. Certain animals can be domesticated they can't,no matter how much you think they love you today.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And isn't it ironic that the gorilla has the aggressive reputation but with no known lethal attacks? smh

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Perry Cummings
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Vile creatures"!!!!!???? Humans do worse to each other. I guess we are vile too.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This could be linked the the uncanny valley post. "I don't trust it, kill it with fire!"

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Chimpanzees are not vile creatures. They are highly evolved life forms. The vile creatures are the ones keeping them as pets and getting their "junk ripped off" is well deserved!

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Chimpanzees are NOT vile creatures. WE are the vile creatures for trying to make them into pets and into little humans. They are WILD animals, as many have found out to their sorrow.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No, not the chimp.. Any person who think they are a pet is the vile creature

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David Brown
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It hasn't been all that long ago since a woman's friend had her face ripped off by one while she was visiting her home. Made me see them in a different light for sure.

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Wenwood Jenkins
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sounds good to me , I mean humans destroyed their environment and cage them. So their victims do deserve what they get.

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Nadine
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Vile? How about that they belong in the wild, not in an apartment?

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Barbara Kayton
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Monkeys will do the same thing. People think they are adorable, but an Aunt-in-law died after her pet monkey ripped a body part off her. Exotic animals rarely make safe pets.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Human are the "Vile creatures" not the chimpanzee who is just being themselves.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why keep a chimp as a pet? Just foster some kids LMAO almost the same experience. Just less chance of physical mutilation.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1551868/Chimpanzee-attack-news-woman-face-ripped-off-Missouri-Chimpanzee-Sanctuary#:~:text=In%20a%20show%20of%20terrifying,she%20was%20left%20brain%2Ddamaged. i got nightmares from this

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not to mention baby chimps cruely torn from their mothers will require you to hold them 24/7 even in the shower for the first two years and cannot EVER be away from you or all hell breaks loose.

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Ruth Riegler
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No, they're not vile creatures - the selfish idiots who buy them to show off and treat them as though they were dolls or passive household pets are.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's the people who wlown chimps as pets that are the vile creatures.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Someday imma just get an attack chimp and train him to go for the balls of anyone that annoys me.

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Al Christensen
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Bands of chimps in the wild hunt and kill other primate species, and eat them.

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Bobby
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I dont really think it's just a random switch flips and the chimp goes crazy. Something the person did triggered it, even if we don't know what that trigger was. Hell, how many animals actually smile? I bet most other animals would just see teeth being bared and that's a sign of aggression

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Vile creatures? I assume you mean the humans that keep them as pets?

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Tx jac
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I wouldnt call them vile creatures ...they are just going to do what chimps gonna do ...they should not be owned as pets

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not vile creatures.... incredibly intelligent apes. Very unpredictable and not suitable as pets though

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Miss Ann Thrope
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Chimps testicles are twice the size of human's. They are loaded with testosterone.

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Marco Conti
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you keep a chimp as a pet, and you don't work in a sanctuary, you pretty much deserve to be separated from your junk.

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Mikey Kliss
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Down vote for the "Vile Creatures" comment. Its a wild animal. Leave it in the wild and you wont have a mutilated face

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Anita Pickle
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

People keeping a chimp as a pet seem to be the vile creature out of the two

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Eb
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not fair to call them vile. They've just evolved their own survival instincts.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't understand the need in calling a wild animal thats behaving like a wild animal, vile? 🤔

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Will Lanni
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So crazy how telling it is about the original poster's view of the natural world by the last sentence. "Vile creatures." Also the most closely related to homo sapiens genetically. Hmm.

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Natalia Allen
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They are not vile creatures. They are or should be wild animals. Edit my bad just saw scagsy's comment ...

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh, come now - the fact that they’re wild apes with the strength of an adult tiger and the disposition of an enraged badger doesn’t make them vile. It’s easy to avoid keeping them as a pet: just do not keep wild jungle animals who can rip your arms out of their sockets as pets, man.

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Andy Frobig
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They'll only be vile thousands of years from now, when they've learned to speak, use guns, and blow up the Statue of Liberty.

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Steve Kenney
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How are they vile? If someone is stupid enough to have a wild animal at home for a pet they're literally asking for trouble.

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UpupaEpops
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Vile creatures indeed. Assuming you were talking about humans who try and keep them as pets.

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T'Mar of Vulcan
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Chimps have similar DNA to humans... so if they're vile... what does that make us? We do horrible things to our own kind as well as other species.

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Dadolwch
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Chimps are also cannibals and often eat the babies of rival clans. But hey, they're also our closest living genetic relative, so....

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HarriMissesScotland
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love watching them in the wild, but I am terrified of them, for the reasons stated above.

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Yayheterogeneity
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's the difference between domesticated and wild animals. Even domesticated animals can turn on you, if genetics or treatment is not well...

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Jojo
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There‘s this famous 911 call where a woman calls because her pet chimp rips her friends face off. Don‘t listen to it if you are easily triggered, it‘s VERY disturbing… :(

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Lorrie Rothstein
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I.remembe a story in the news about a chimp that ripped off a womans face

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Keley Babs
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes, who is really the "VILE" creature here? The one who behaves as instinct tells them? Or the one who tries to force them to be something they aren't. "VILE" creatures shouldn't be kept as pets

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MelFunction
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I would argue that they aren't vile creatures at all. They are wild animals and people need to realise that wild animals aren't meant to be pets.

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TEDDEHBEAR!!!!
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They aren't "vile creatures" they are wild intelligent animals! If it's not a domesticated animal it shouldn't be a pet!

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Kim Bush
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The only "vile creatures" in this scenario are the human idiots who think possessing a wild animal will make them cool or popular.

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Sean Stimson
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They're not vile creatures, they're wild animals that should not be kept as pets

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Poultry Geist
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Makes sense when you think about how teenagers act then take what you know about chimps and I can see it happening so clearly! Thank god my daughter wasn’t a chimp !

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In order for the chimp to have ripped the man's "junk" off, it would have to have been in the open and on display which has me thinking that perhaps that chimp had a very valid reason to do what it did.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

or you know, if it can rip through 3 layers of skin, and much of the meat in a human male genitals, a chimp could probably rip through fabric.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I will never find out if this is true because I REFUSE to look in a mirror in a semi-dark room. I've just seen too many horror movies to fall for that! LOL!

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thank goodness there are no alligators here in Australia! *crocodile the size of a van appears* D'OH!

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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Scagsy
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was washing up and had plates in both hands when a sneeze came at me. I didn't want to drop the plates so I braced myself for an uncontrolled sneeze. It put my back out. I thought I had slipped a disc and was bedridden for two weeks! The pain was tremendous and I couldn't walk. I had to crawl to my bed. Beware of sneezes, yes they spread diseases but nobody ever talks about the injuries they cause. Beware.

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