Dying chimp overcome woth emotion when she is visited by her old human friend.

by Syl Thu Oct 19, 2017 4:33 pm

Get a tissue handy. Crying or Very sad

"This is the heartbreaking moment a dying chimp recognises an old friend and is absolutely overcome with emotion.

Mama the chimp is terminally ill and had been refusing to eat and stayed curled up in a ball until her old pal arrived for a visit.

The 59-year-old from the Royal Burgers Zoo in the Netherlands would not even drink water until Professor Jan van Hooff called to see her.
Mama opens her arms up in an adorable moment of pure joy when she sees the professor, who set up the chimp colony she had been living in.

She screeches with happiness and he cradles her in her final days.
The pair have known each other since 1972 and Professor Hooff wanted to visit his former charge before she lost her fight for life.
Despite being in a state of gloom for several days, the visit was enough to lift Mama's spirits.
Sadly, she passed away just a week after the emotional visit in April last year.
Mama was born in the wild back in 1957 and was the oldest chimp at the zoo at the time of her death."

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/heartbreaking-moment-dying-chimp-recognises-his-old-friend-and-is-overcome-with-emotion/ar-AAtGw9a?ocid=spartanntp

by eddie Thu Oct 19, 2017 5:05 pm

Ah that is so absolutely beautiful. Don't know why I'd need a tissue though, it's not pornographic.

Sorry. I'm in a weird kinda stoooopid moooood.

by Syl Thu Oct 19, 2017 5:06 pm

eddie wrote:Ah that is so absolutely beautiful. Don't know why I'd need a tissue though, it's not pornographic.

Sorry. I'm in a weird kinda stoooopid moooood.

Isnt it bad enough you sullied my Greek wedding thread with mucky innuendo? Evil or Very Mad

by magica Thu Oct 19, 2017 5:10 pm

I saw this last night, oh I felt happy but sad. Such a beautiful story, I had a tear in my eye.

People who say animals have no memory, no feeling couldn't be more wrong.

by Syl Thu Oct 19, 2017 5:16 pm

magica wrote:I saw this last night, oh I felt happy but sad. Such a beautiful story, I had a tear in my eye.

People who say animals have no memory, no feeling couldn't be more wrong.

So true Mags....many animals could teach humans a few lessons.
There are more pics online....the chimp died soon after these pics were taken, I hope she died with contentment.

by Original Quill Thu Oct 19, 2017 5:29 pm

Syl wrote:
eddie wrote:Ah that is so absolutely beautiful. Don't know why I'd need a tissue though, it's not pornographic.

Sorry. I'm in a weird kinda stoooopid moooood.

Isnt it bad enough you sullied my Greek wedding thread with mucky innuendo?

by Guest Thu Oct 19, 2017 6:33 pm

I'm crying Sad

by Syl Thu Oct 19, 2017 6:56 pm

Vicar of Dibley (vod) wrote:I'm crying

It brought a tear to my eye too Vod, stories about animals usually do. Crying or Very sad

by Guest Thu Oct 19, 2017 7:07 pm

Syl wrote:
Vicar of Dibley (vod) wrote:I'm crying

It brought a tear to my eye too Vod, stories about animals usually do.

Yes I really love animals .

by Guest Thu Oct 19, 2017 7:13 pm

Its more heartbreaking to me, that such a wonderful animal has been kept so long in captivity.

I am glad also though that she felt some comfort in her dying days, by clearly a caring and wonderful friend she had in the Proffessor.

by Syl Thu Oct 19, 2017 7:19 pm

Vicar of Dibley (vod) wrote:
Syl wrote:

It brought a tear to my eye too Vod, stories about animals usually do.

Yes I really love animals .

This bit really got to me, animals can love each other, understand pain, and grieve for loss just as humans can.

"The group of chimps were divided into two so they could all say a special goodbye to Mama.
Several of the chimps struggled to let her go during their heartbreaking goodbyes."

by Syl Thu Oct 19, 2017 7:20 pm

Didge wrote:Its more heartbreaking to me, that such a wonderful animal has been kept so long in captivity.

I am glad also though that she felt some comfort in her dying days, by clearly a caring and wonderful friend she had in the Proffessor.

I suppose it depends why the chimps were captive in the first place Didge....I hate to see wild animals held in captivity for no reason too.

by Guest Thu Oct 19, 2017 7:21 pm

Syl wrote:
Vicar of Dibley (vod) wrote:

Yes I really love animals .

This bit really got to me, animals can love each other, understand pain, and grieve for loss just as humans can.

"The group of chimps were divided into two so they could all say a special goodbye to Mama.
Several of the chimps struggled to let her go during their heartbreaking goodbyes."

I know and didn't that chimp look old and frail that's what made me cry bless her .

by Syl Thu Oct 19, 2017 7:28 pm

The zoo seems to be a place that really cares for its animals, a far cry from zoos of old.

Hopefully the animals are happy there...Mama certainly bonded with the keeper who looked after her for so many years..

by Syl Thu Oct 19, 2017 7:31 pm

Vicar of Dibley (vod) wrote:
Syl wrote:

This bit really got to me, animals can love each other, understand pain, and grieve for loss just as humans can.

"The group of chimps were divided into two so they could all say a special goodbye to Mama.
Several of the chimps struggled to let her go during their heartbreaking goodbyes."

I know and didn't that chimp look old and frail that's what made me cry bless her .

Monkeys seem to age just like people do....you can tell they are closely related to us.

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Dying chimp overcome woth emotion when she is visited by her old human friend. AAtGqYU

by eddie Thu Oct 19, 2017 8:58 pm

Syl wrote:
eddie wrote:Ah that is so absolutely beautiful. Don't know why I'd need a tissue though, it's not pornographic.

Sorry. I'm in a weird kinda stoooopid moooood.

Isnt it bad enough you sullied my Greek wedding thread with mucky innuendo?

To be fair that was Ben, not me. I remained on topic, as always.

by Syl Thu Oct 19, 2017 11:53 pm

eddie wrote:
Syl wrote:

Isnt it bad enough you sullied my Greek wedding thread with mucky innuendo?

To be fair that was Ben, not me. I remained on topic, as always.

Jam jars and rubber was not the topic of conversation Eddie. Evil or Very Mad

Ben, in a roundabout way was more on topic than you were, at least his little smiley fit the thread.

by eddie Fri Oct 20, 2017 5:18 pm

Syl wrote:
eddie wrote:
Syl wrote:

Isnt it bad enough you sullied my Greek wedding thread with mucky innuendo?

To be fair that was Ben, not me. I remained on topic, as always.

Jam jars and rubber was not the topic of conversation Eddie.
Ben, in a roundabout way was more on topic than you were, at least his little smiley fit the thread.

Whatever.

by Syl Fri Oct 20, 2017 6:32 pm

eddie wrote:
Syl wrote:

Jam jars and rubber was not the topic of conversation Eddie.
Ben, in a roundabout way was more on topic than you were, at least his little smiley fit the thread.

Whatever.

Dying chimp overcome woth emotion when she is visited by her old human friend. Chimp

by magica Fri Oct 20, 2017 8:44 pm

No animal belongs in a Zoo. I love animals, all of them. They get a raw deal in the wild, but at least they're free.

I wish these hunters who kill them for sport, were put on the receiving end and hunted by the very animals they murder.

by Vintage Fri Oct 20, 2017 10:26 pm

Just goes to show we have no idea what emotions an animals is capable of,
this story is beautiful and sad for many reasons.
The way we still treat animals even though their capacity for love and companionship is becoming more and more evident, is awful. I watched a programme today about an Australian scientific programme to improve the stock. They export millions of live sheep to the Middle east, it takes three weeks by boat, because they prefer to kill them themselves, which entails bludgeoning, throat cutting and for some bizarre reason burying alive, many Australians are very unhappy with . The new scientific programme entails taking the best specimens both male and female and collecting sperm from the males, a reasonably easy, pain free procedure, the ewes are tipped over strapped to a table with their legs retrained, given anethesia, their abdomen is surgically opened and their eggs stripped. The eggs are fertilized and placed in ewes who are not considered genetically
top notch. There is work going on to produce sheep who can make meat more quickly and on less food. I have never seen anything more disturbing. Surely like for instance rice, this kind of genetic manipulation only decreases the gene pool, with rice new strains have to be created every few years what happens when we have such a small gene pool for food animals that things start to go badly wrong for humans, its already going badly wrong for the sheep it seems.

by HoratioTarr Fri Oct 20, 2017 10:31 pm

Lovely footage. Heart warming and heart wrenching.

by Syl Sat Oct 21, 2017 1:01 pm

Vintage wrote:Just goes to show we have no idea what emotions an animals is capable of,
this story is beautiful and sad for many reasons.
The way we still treat animals even though their capacity for love and companionship is becoming more and more evident, is awful. I watched a programme today about an Australian scientific programme to improve the stock. They export millions of live sheep to the Middle east, it takes three weeks by boat, because they prefer to kill them themselves, which entails bludgeoning, throat cutting and for some bizarre reason burying alive, many Australians are very unhappy with . The new scientific programme entails taking the best specimens both male and female and collecting sperm from the males, a reasonably easy, pain free procedure, the ewes are tipped over strapped to a table with their legs retrained, given anethesia, their abdomen is surgically opened and their eggs stripped. The eggs are fertilized and placed in ewes who are not considered genetically
top notch. There is work going on to produce sheep who can make meat more quickly and on less food. I have never seen anything more disturbing. Surely like for instance rice, this kind of genetic manipulation only decreases the gene pool, with rice new strains have to be created every few years what happens when we have such a small gene pool for food animals that things start to go badly wrong for humans, its already going badly wrong for the sheep it seems.

That sounds absolutely horrendous.

I don't believe any of us know what exactly we are eating and how its been produced, we put our faith in the people we buy food from to be selling us exactly what they say they are . Free range, home grown, ethically sourced etc......but then we hear horror stories of the way animals have been treated, food suppliers lying about their produce and so on.

The only way we can really know is if we are self sufficient, and how many of us are that?

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