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In 2007, after one of their gorillas, Bokito, escaped and attacked a women who stared at him every day, the Rotterdam Zoo started handing out glasses that tricked the gorillas to avoid stare (files.catbox.moe)

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[–] bane_killgrind@lemmy.ml 22 points 7 months ago (1 children)

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-dutch-gorilla-idUSL3042888320070530/

The 180 kg (397 lb) Bokito seriously injured a woman, who it later emerged has visited the ape almost every day since his arrival at the zoo a year and a half ago

Dutch citizens lost sympathy for the woman after it emerged that she has visited the gorilla about four times a week and said that Bokito "remains her darling" despite suffering a broken arm and wrist and around 100 bites.

Dutch Media widely reported that the woman misunderstood what she perceived as a smile from the gorilla. Experts suggest he was more likely to have been baring his teeth as a threat.

[–] unreasonabro@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago (2 children)

One hundred bites. Holy fuck. Bet it didn't take him long either.

[–] bane_killgrind@lemmy.ml 4 points 7 months ago

In a different context I would bust out the horny bat.

[–] EddoWagt@feddit.nl 1 points 7 months ago

And somehow he didn't even kill her, the gorilla might have been more polite than the woman