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Article: Chimp took my face off,butI'mnotangry; APE ATTACK VICTIM SHOWS WORLD HER WOUNDS: Courage of maimed mum.(News)
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- Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
- Article date:
- November 13, 2009
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Byline: Paul Thompson
A MUM whose face was torn off by her friend's pet chimpanzee has revealed her horrific injuries on TV's Oprah Winfrey show.
Charla Nash, 56, lost her hands, nose, lips and eyelids when the 200lb ape attacked her as she tried to get him back into his cage. Her eyes were removed because of infection.
Doctors found some of the chimp's teeth embedded in Charla's bones, but she insists she isn't angry about the attack.
She said: "I don't even think about it.
There's no time for that anyways ...