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January 24, 2011

Best Article Science

The Worst Story I Ever Heard

Nobody loved chimpanzees more than St. James Davis and his wife LaDonna; the couple spent more than 30 years—and gained a modicum of fame—raising one as their son. Then they almost died in a brutal chimp attack.

Rich Schapiro Esquire Apr 2009 Permalink