I dont beleive this

[PoiSoNouS]

someone sent me this link:
I really dont beleive it but Id like to know what you guys think about it... thanks ;)

http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,6119,2-7-1442_1370720,00.html

[yankeefoxtrot]

EEK!!!! I dont even wanna think about that........ Thats horrid to say the least. *shutters*


Lucas

[Vanan]

Freaky!!

[garterguy]

i think its a bunch of bull.how could a baboon bite through a skull.its teeth are no more than 8 cm.and witchcraft?please,like there are witches flying around on brooms over Africa,yeah right.

[Andy_G]

I think its totally fabricated, but a nice read.

[JeffT]

I could totally see a baboon doing it. They do have massive teeth and are quite vicious. But WOW think about that being a daily pest!

[Ed_r]

how could a baboon bite through a skull.its teeth are no more than 8 cm

Umm think about what you just said. 8cm long basically 3.5" that could definately split a 3 month old's skull. Baboons are carnivorous. And witchcraft doesn't mean witches on brooms. In Africa they have many defferent beliefs, the witchcraft referred to is probably voodoo. Funny how none of her 5 children live to be over 1 year old. She must have really ticked off the wrong person.

[nouserpif]

BS! lol
What kinda whitchcraft, I'm trying to figrue out. Anyone know? lol

Sounds pretty fabricated...
Dan Conner

[djc3674]

wow..that was pretty gruesome..I feel sorry for the mother having to watch that...hey! maybe the baboon saw Faces of Death, when those guys ate the monkey brain..and decided to try human to see if it too is a delicacie..i guess us humans had it coming...yikes..ok that was bad. There is no doubt an adult Babbon would easily be able to bite open a 3 months old skull.

The part about the baby still breathing after its brain was eaten out..is what I have a hard time believing..maybe it was still twitching because of nerves..but I hightly doubt still breathing. Anyway, sounds like it could of happened but the truth was probably stretched a bit.

[Tim and Julie B]

*gags* It could happen. Baboons have immensly powerful jaws, strong enough to break an animals skull apart like a nut cracker and an almond! At 2 months a baby's skull is very soft, allowing for the brain to grow and as part of the birthing. Seems that it is quite possibly true, though i am not going to think of it much.*gags*

[marisa]

That is true. Baboons have REALLY powerful teeth. Think of a dog biting a 3 month olds head...a large dog...baboons are stronger than dogs.

Scary thought. hopefully its NOT true. But I believe it could happen.

Marisa

[SnowFoxx]

Babies skull plates don't close until about 18 months, so yes, it is possible. The brain is one of the most nutritious parts of the body, and many animals instinctively know to eat the brain first - bears, for example, often eat only the brains of salmon and leave the bodies to rot.

However, the child could not breathe, or even twitch, without a brain. Not even for a few seconds. Brain death would be immediate with that type of injury, and any twitching would have stopped before the baboon had even dropped the baby. That statement makes the article suspect enough, without even the stupid supersticious witchcraft talk. That just puts the whole thing over the top.

That's my $.02, from a medical/Pagan/factual standpoint.

- Victoria :w

[RachelS.]

ahhhhhh that's really scary *creeps under her covers and closes her eyes, then tries to sleep peacefully but can't*

[Alan311]

...wow... i feel so sorry for the mom i wonder what is going threw her mind... wow.....

[Mike177]

Quote:
hey! maybe the baboon saw Faces of Death

OMG have you seen those videos they are discusting and disturbing i saw this one where a guy litterly cut a mans head off with a dull knife. and they are other like where they show people getting shot in the face and getting fryed in a electrical chair. uhhh DAMN THOSE SICK BAS*ERDS LIKE ME WHO WHATCH THAT FOR ENTERTAINMENT DAMN THEM TO HELL!!!!!!!!

[reptilez]

That sh*t is so nasty man, i saw the one where thy tied a a mans arms to the bumber of 2 cars and sped off in different directions, ripping his arms off. I almost threw-up:medpuke:

Anywho,
I believe the baboon did this, no doubt about it. There carnivourous(sp), Wild animals, and crazy.
-Reptilez

[daver676]

Yeah, Faces of Death is pretty nasty, but it really opens your eyes as to how quickly any of us could die.

As far as the babbon, I'm skeptical about the witchcraft thing, but the babbon could certainly bite through the skull of a 3 month old.

MMMMMMM....Brains.......:monkey:

Dave

[fateamber]

They blame witchcraft! Thats just stupid! Why do they think someone would want a baboon to eat a babys brain?:mad:

[yankeefoxtrot]

I think its posible! those guys are strong. Horrid post....


Lucas

[marisa]

A new article claiming they shot the baboon:

http://iafrica.com/news/sa/244649.htm

Marisa

[Mr.Lizard]

Maybe the baboon didn't remove the whole brain,being chased off and all. There was something on TV recently,maybe Ripley's,
where a girl lived and did pretty well after having half her brain removed to save her from a brain infection. So I think the story is entirely possible. Baboons can be quite ferocious and will even eat prey while it is still alive. I once saw a show where a baboon was casually tearing strips of flesh from the hindquarters of a baby antelope who was obviously in shock and seemed almost oblivious to what was happening but otherwise alert with it's head held high and looking around.

[eyespy]

Good point, Mr. Lizard, it's deep in the brain stem that controls heart and breathing and all that so important stuff. I do believe it could happen but I'm undecided whether that particular story is true.

I have a friend from college who is from Uganda and people in his country have a strong belief in witchcraft. Many people go to the local witchdoctor rather than a medical doctor when they are sick.

[JeffT]

Yeah I have seen those nasty videos or people haing their head cut off. I nearly threw up.

[Tim and Julie B]

I saw a clip where a six foot crock grabbed a young babboon and the males attacked the croc. They jumped up and came down with two handed smashes WWE style. A baboon attacking a croc. So they are fearless and strong. Don't count out that old school witchcraft some of it is some freaky s**t!

[Mason]

AWESOME STORY.....

[Smitty]

It could easily be true. I've read several biographies where big game hunters had seen baboons rip through people's arms and tearing them so pieces. If there are enough baboons they can kill full grown leopards.

About the witchcraft, I know someone who works for TEHIP (medical organization) in Tanzania. They have a huge problem with parents who instead of bringing their children who have malaria to their centre's will take them to witch doctors. They may also pee on them (to lower the body temerature), but they don't actually know why that helps.

[Linds]

I agree with everyone, baboons have incredibly strong jaws and large teeth and could easily split a babies head. And as Ed mentioned, over there and in many other places around the world, there are many different beliefs realted to withcraft and the like. As for the story, it couldve happened, but was most likely embellished a little ;)

[Siretsap]

I believe it is possible since they tend to sometimes eat other small baboons or monkeys.

[python_diva_06]

i think that a crock of bull...yes maybe a baboon did kill a child, but, my god witchcraft??? i have one thing to say: WHAT THE CRAP!!!