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TIL about St. James Davis, a NASCAR driver, and how he was attacked by 2 chimpanzees, Buddy and Ollie while visiting his pet chimpanzee in his enclosure." St. James Davis was brutally mauled, resulting in permanent disfigurement and missing extremities."

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