"We found extensive dirt, chimp fur, and chimp teeth implanted in her bone. "The monkey had ripped off her entire upper jaw, had ripped off her nose, which as hanging by a thread," said Dr.Kevin Miller, who treated Nash when she taken to the emergency room. Paramedics responding to a 911 call said they found pieces of Nash's fingers strewn on the floor and her hands looked as though they had been through a meat grinder. Nash was mauled by a 200-pound adult chimpanzee named Travis, owned by her friend and employer Sandra Herold. "I don't think about it Theres no time for that because I need to heal, you know, not look backwards." There are things that happen in life you can't change," she said. Like humans, chimpanzees are omnivorous, meaning their diet consists of plants and animals. Both of its thumbs and its big toes are opposable, allowing a precision grip. She said she felt no pain, was not angry and was ready to move on with her life rather than dwell on that horrific day. The chimpanzees body is covered with coarse dark brown hair, except for the face, fingers, toes, palms of the hands and soles of the feet. Nash, 56, must drink all of her meals with a straw though a small hole where her mouth used to be, She said she longs for the day when she might be able to eat "a hot dog or piece of pizza."Ĭlick here to see Charla Nash's uncovered faceĭespite her injuries, Nash seemed remarkably upbeat. I know that I have my forehead," she told Winfrey. Her hands, eyelids, nose and lips were torn from her body. "I don't ask a whole lot about my injuries. In 2009, 50-year-old Charla was violently attacked by her friends pet chimpanzee, Travis - who weighed over 200-pounds.
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11, 2009— - The Connecticut woman who was attacked by her friend's chimpanzee in February, revealed the mangled remains of her face on the Oprah Winfrey show today for the first time, publicly showing the remnants of her missing eyes, nose and lips.Ĭharla Nash, who wakes up every day in a hospital room at the Cleveland clinic where doctors change her bandages daily, told Winfrey she rarely touches her face so as not to learn the full extent of her injuries.
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