CHIMP KILLED BY BITE FROM RATTLER.Byline: Daily News GRIFFITH PARK -- A chimpanzee died last week at the Los Angeles Zoo The Los Angeles Zoo founded in 1966, is a large zoo located in Los Angeles, California, USA. The Zoo, located in Los Angeles' Griffith Park, is home to 1,200 animals from around the world. after being bitten by a rattlesnake rattlesnake, poisonous New World snake of the pit viper family, distinguished by a rattle at the end of the tail. The head is triangular, being widened at the base. The rattle is a series of dried, hollow segments of skin, which, when shaken, make a whirring sound. , zoo officials said Monday. The chimp died Wednesday after it was bitten by a rattler that fell into the Mahali Mountain chimpanzee exhibit, zoo spokesman Jason Jacobs said. The snake bit the chimp from a bush inside its habitat, Jacobs said, adding that antivenin antivenin /an·ti·ven·in/ (-ven´in) a material used in treatment of poisoning by animal venom. black widow spider antivenin a. . failed to save the primate. A necropsy necropsy /nec·rop·sy/ (nek´rop-se) examination of a body after death; autopsy. nec·rop·sy n. See autopsy. necropsy examination of a body after death. See also autopsy. is being performed on the animal. A zookeeper zoo·keep·er n. One who takes care of animals in a zoo. close to the situation gave a different account of the incident, saying the chimp's minders waited hours before calling help. The keeper, who asked to remain anonymous, said the 25-year-old male chimp was bitten at 1 p.m. and got a bad case of the shakes. ``They didn't call anyone til 3 p.m., and then they didn't even call a vet; they called The Reptile House,'' according to the keeper. The zookeeper said that instead of giving the chimp antivenin, zoo veterinarians gave him Benadryl. Rattlesnakes are common in rustic Griffith Park, Jacobs said, but snake- related deaths of zoo animals are rare. Seven years ago, a pair of lemurs died from snakebites, he said. |
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