Editing Chimpanzee (section)

===Attacks===
Chimpanzees have attacked humans.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.monkeyday.org/2006/04/texas-man-tells-story-of-fatal-chimp.html |title=Texas man saves friend during fatal chimp attack |access-date=27 June 2006 |last=Osborn |first=C. |date=27 April 2006 |work=The Pulse Journal |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190608085455/http://www.monkeyday.org/2006/04/texas-man-tells-story-of-fatal-chimp.html |archive-date=8 June 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Chimp attack kills cabbie and injures tourists |url=https://www.theguardian.com/international/story/0,,1760554,00.html |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=27 June 2006 |date=25 April 2006 |location=London}}</ref> In Uganda, several attacks on children have happened, some of them fatal. Some of these attacks may have been due to the chimpanzees being intoxicated (from alcohol obtained from rural brewing operations) and becoming aggressive towards humans.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.primates.com/chimps/drunk-n-disorderly.html |title='Drunk and disorderly' chimps attacking Ugandan children |access-date=27 June 2006 |date=9 February 2004 |first1=Wairagala |last1=Wakabi |agency=EastAfrican |via=primates.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060619230813/http://www.primates.com/chimps/drunk-n-disorderly.html |archive-date=19 June 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Human interactions with chimpanzees may be especially dangerous if the chimpanzees perceive humans as potential rivals.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna7087194 |title=Chimp attack doesn't surprise experts |access-date=27 June 2006 |date=5 March 2005 |publisher=NBC News |archive-date=10 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131010224318/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/7087194/ |url-status=live }}</ref> At least six cases of chimpanzees snatching and eating human babies are documented.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0304/feature4/online_extra2.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090714102812/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0304/feature4/online_extra2.html |archive-date=14 July 2009 |title=Frodo: the alpha male |publisher=[[National Geographic]] |date=15 May 2002 |access-date=6 June 2009}}</ref>

A chimpanzee's strength and sharp teeth mean that attacks, even on adult humans, can cause severe injuries. This was evident after the attack and near death of former [[NASCAR]] driver St. James Davis, who was [[St. James Davis chimpanzee attack|mauled by two escaped chimpanzees]] while he and his wife were celebrating the birthday of their former pet chimpanzee.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-03-04-chimp-attack_x.htm |title=Birthday party turns bloody when chimps attack |access-date=27 June 2006 |date=4 March 2005 |work=USA Today |archive-date=24 May 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060524213545/http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-03-04-chimp-attack_x.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The animal within |access-date=27 June 2006 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/23/AR2005052301819.html |date=24 May 2005 |last=Argetsinger |first=A. |newspaper=The Washington Post|archive-date=9 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109144435/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/23/AR2005052301819.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Another example of chimpanzees being aggressive toward humans occurred in 2009 in [[Stamford, Connecticut]], when a {{convert|200|lb|adj=on|order=flip|sigfig=1}}, 13-year-old pet chimpanzee named [[Travis (chimpanzee)|Travis]] attacked his owner's friend, who lost her hands, eyes, nose, and part of her [[maxilla]] from the attack.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2009/02/17/2009-02-17_911_tape_captures_chimpanzee_owners_horr-2.html |title=911 tape captures chimpanzee owner's horror as 200-pound ape mauls friend |work=[[New York Daily News]] |date=18 February 2009 |access-date=6 June 2009 |location=New York |first=E. |last=Sandoval |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090219200257/http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2009/02/17/2009-02-17_911_tape_captures_chimpanzee_owners_horr-2.html |archive-date=19 February 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Gallman |first=S. |url=http://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/02/17/chimpanzee.attack/ |title=Chimp attack 911 call: 'He's ripping her apart' |publisher=CNN|date=18 February 2009 |access-date=6 June 2009 |archive-date=22 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191122081946/http://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/02/17/chimpanzee.attack/ |url-status=live }}</ref>