A drunk man, who attempted to cool off by swimming over to a monkey enclosure at a Brazilian zoo, ended up being attacked and badly injured. Video showed Joao Leite dos Santos after he peeled off his shirt and climbed into the narrow moat between visitors and the spider monkeys. It took place Sunday at the park in Sorocaba, near Sao Paulo. The mechanic said he wanted to play with the animals, but as he approached the opposite bank, at least two grabbed him and sank their teeth into his hand and arm. He was only saved a worse fate because the monkeys did not want to get into the water.
People gathered on the other side of the water, laughing and videotaping as the attack took place.
Santos screamed out in pain and had to be helped out of the water by onlookers, while bleeding profusely from a deep wound. He was left in agony on the ground for a short period of time. He was later transported and treated at the city hospital.