Mother speaks out as American student fights for life after two apes drag him more than a mile in horror attack

A University of Texas graduate student was left fighting for his life on Thursday after two chimpanzees pounced on him at the South African reserve where he was studying their behaviour, dragging him along the ground for more than a mile. The mother of 26-year-old Andrew Oberle said that her son had been passionate about chimps since watching a documentary about famous naturalist Jane Goodall in seventh grade. Mary Flint added that her son knew the risks involved in working with apes, and said that the attack would probably not stop him carrying out further research.

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