Ron Magill

You just love this kind of controversy.

Well, we weren't actually in the hospital and surgery. This is when I first started at the old Cranon Park Zoo. We had a chimpanzee, a male chimpanzee. His name was Colonel. And we anesthetized him. And we had to pull him out of the enclosure. And we put him on the grass next to a canal there. He was totally out. You know, they use the drug, which everybody knows about now, called ketamine.

Well, we weren't actually in the hospital and surgery. This is when I first started at the old Cranon Park Zoo. We had a chimpanzee, a male chimpanzee. His name was Colonel. And we anesthetized him. And we had to pull him out of the enclosure. And we put him on the grass next to a canal there. He was totally out. You know, they use the drug, which everybody knows about now, called ketamine.

And he was out there. And Dr. Hubble, I'll never forget, the veterinarian was kneeling between his legs, leaning over. He had a suture up his arm. He had cut his arm badly. So he had a suture up the arm, but of course we had to have him anesthetized and mobilized to do that.

And he was out there. And Dr. Hubble, I'll never forget, the veterinarian was kneeling between his legs, leaning over. He had a suture up his arm. He had cut his arm badly. So he had a suture up the arm, but of course we had to have him anesthetized and mobilized to do that.

So I'm holding one arm, and another gentleman's holding the other arm, and Dr. Hubble's on his knees between his legs, leaning over, sewing up his arm. And then all of a sudden, Colonel just sat up, got right in front of Dr. Hubble's face, and just went...

So I'm holding one arm, and another gentleman's holding the other arm, and Dr. Hubble's on his knees between his legs, leaning over, sewing up his arm. And then all of a sudden, Colonel just sat up, got right in front of Dr. Hubble's face, and just went...

like that the one guy on the one arm literally jumped into the canal i froze i i panicked and just froze and i just stood there and then all of a sudden and dr hubble didn't move either he just looked at him this chip if you've never heard a chimp scream in your face it's something it's blood curdling and then all of a sudden his eyes rolled back into his head he just kind of went and fell back down so he was going through some type of hallucination hallucination because of the ketamine and i looked at dr hubble i said doc

like that the one guy on the one arm literally jumped into the canal i froze i i panicked and just froze and i just stood there and then all of a sudden and dr hubble didn't move either he just looked at him this chip if you've never heard a chimp scream in your face it's something it's blood curdling and then all of a sudden his eyes rolled back into his head he just kind of went and fell back down so he was going through some type of hallucination hallucination because of the ketamine and i looked at dr hubble i said doc

He goes, that sometimes happens with this drug.

He goes, that sometimes happens with this drug.

Well, I got to tell you what, I had to change my pants after that.

Well, I got to tell you what, I had to change my pants after that.

You know, I don't know if I shit my pants, but I... Certain bodily fluids escaped my body at that time. Let's leave it at that. It was a shark, Dan.

You know, I don't know if I shit my pants, but I... Certain bodily fluids escaped my body at that time. Let's leave it at that. It was a shark, Dan.

Oh, that was the orangutan. The orangutan. When I was digging it out of the... Yeah, that was horrible. No, but I...

Oh, that was the orangutan. The orangutan. When I was digging it out of the... Yeah, that was horrible. No, but I...

Oh, have I ever actually shit my pants?

Oh, have I ever actually shit my pants?

No, no, I was really scared when that chimp said, because a chimp can rip your arm off and then beat you with it. I mean, a chimp is a very, very dangerous animal. We've all heard about chimps attacking people. And this is one of the biggest male chimps I've ever seen in my life. He looked like a small gorilla.