Doggedly searching for the crux of the biscuit.
What the hell? A gang of flesh-eating, Croatian babies attack one of their own.
A one-year-old boy has been bitten 30 times by a group of more than a dozen other babies at a nursery in Croatia. Frane Simic was covered in a series of deep bite wounds all over his body, including his face. He was attacked after the class nanny stepped out of the room to change another baby's nappy.
Dr. Sime Vuckov, head of the hospital in Rijeka which treated the boy, said: "Biting between young children is not uncommon. But I have never seen anything like this." Police have launched an inquiry into the biting frenzy but admit they are clueless as to the babies' reasons for attacking.
Yeah, and no amount of interrogation will get a one-year-old zombie gangster to break the omerta. They're tough, I tell you. Tough. Seriously, though, this is one of the weirdest stories I have read all month. Note to self: stop smearing babies with bacon grease.
TrackBackI wonder if it's the thing like the elephants. Where they relocated all these elephant babies and mothers and when the baby male elephants reached puberty they went crazy and attacked each other until older male elephant/role models were introduced.
My understanding is that the Eastern European orphanages are too understaffed to provide anywhere near one on one or even one on five care and I would not be surprised if the children revert to more primal pack behaviors.
I could say Monkey see, Monkey do, but that would be crass.
Seriously, any parent or pediatrician will tell you to NEVER leave a baby alone with a toddler. You might just as well chuck them into a swimming pool.
Posted by: Tripp at October 24, 2003 11:30 AMTripp, it's never a faux pas to mention monkeys in any context on this site. In fact, it's practically a requirement.
Posted by: apostropher at October 24, 2003 12:15 PM