Animal Planet’s hit series Escape to Chimp Eden, which focuses on the plight of the African chimps and Eugene Cousin’s quest to rescue them is now over. Over the course of the season, many of you had questions about how to help Eugene or how the chimps came to be in the situations that they were in.

Eugene has taken the time to answer some of these pressing questions. I thought I’d post some videos regarding some of the questions that you all have been asking. The fourth question that we’ll tackle from this season is “What were some of the individual chimp stories?” In this video clip Eugene speaks about his relationship with chimps Jao and Cozy. He speaks about how close he came with Jao as well as the struggles that Cozi faced due to his age.

Watch the video clip below to receive your answers. Keep pulling for the chimps by watching the show when it re-airs next season.

Animal Planet’s hit series Escape to Chimp Eden, which focuses on the plight of the African chimps and Eugene Cousin’s quest to rescue them is now over. Over the course of the season, many of you had questions about how to help Eugene or how the chimps came to be in the situations that they were in.

Eugene has taken the time to answer some of these pressing questions. I thought I’d post some videos regarding some of the questions that you all have been asking. The third question that we’ll tackle from this season is “What were some of the risks faced with making Chimp Eden possible?”

Watch the video clip below to receive your answers. Keep pulling for the chimps by watching the show when it re-airs next season.

Animal Planet’s hit series Escape to Chimp Eden, which focuses on the plight of the African chimps and Eugene Cousin’s quest to request them is now over. Over the course of the season, many of you had questions about how to help Eugene or how the chimps came to be in the situations that they were in.

Eugene has taken the time to answer some of these pressing questions. I thought I’d post some videos regarding some of the questions that you all have been asking. The first question that Eugene will answer is “What is the Bushmeat Trade?”

Watch the video clip below to receive your answers. Keep pulling for the chimps by watching the show when it re-airs next season.

Alot of chimps that are at chimp Eden arrived due to the bushman trade. In this episode of Escape to Chimp Eden, Eugene is going to the Sudan to rescue five baby chimps. The twist of this episode is that he needs to make it back to his wife in time as she is 7 months pregnant and expected to give birth at anytime. This episode of Escape to Chimp Eden originally aired on April 11th at 9PM ET/PT.

It takes Eugene about 10 hours to fly to the Sudan. His wife is very scared because there are so many political issues going on in Sudan at the time of Eugene’s visit. When Eugene arrives in Sudan he is faced with alot of rain and flooding even though it is just the beginning of the rainy season.

When Eugene arrives at the local he now realizes that there are 7 chimps as opposed to the 5 chimp permits that he’d applied for. Eugene has to make the sad decision of selecting which 5 chimps he can take back with him to Chimp Eden. Eugene needs to get the chimps out as quickly as possible. The locals are very insecure and consider them to be a threat and addition thee of the chimps are babies.

Watch an itunes clip below as Eugene brings the baby chimps home.

Image Source: Brent Stirton / Getty Images (Eugene with rescued chimp Sally)

In Episode 4 of After the Attack we met Jeff Tanswell who’d been attacked by a 9 foot Saltwater Crocodile off the coast of Australia in Northern Queensland.

In this recap of the episode we will follow-up with Jeff as he attempts to conquer his fear and face the animal that almost took his life. The Saltwater is one of the most dangerous to humans and are responsible for up to 300 human deaths per year.

One the day that he was attacked his wife witness everything but was powerless to do nothing. His wife has had a really touch time dealing with the situation and has worried about her husbands safety on a daily basis. David believes that the best way to regain confidence is to seek out the animal on your own terms and make peace with it.

David takes Jeff to “Big Gecko” a sanctuary for animals so that he can have a safe encounter with the crocodile. Jeff is first able to interact with a baby crocodile but then he moves on to an animal that is about the size of the one that attacks him. When he meets the larger animal this crocodile is NOT HAPPY. He is snapping and growling and thrashing around. Scary for Jeff. The crocodile finally calms down after about 15 minutes in the pool.

In Episode 4 of After the Attack we met Niki the paraglider who’d been attacked by the two wedge-tailed eagles.

In this recap of the episode we will follow-up with Niki as she attempts to conquer this fear and face the wedge-tailed eagles that almost took her life. The first step of facing her fears is for Niki ti fly again. Another step is for Niki to face the animal that attacked her.

Prior to getting back up into the air and flying, Niki will face. When you see them they are very large animals, with talons that can get up to 300 pounds per square inch. They are very powerful animals. The talons were what attacked Niki. She is first introduced to a bird named Soren. Her main goal she says is to put her fears to rest and to get on with her life.

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In episode 4 of After the Attack, we heard from Niki the paraglider that had been attacked by the two eagle. David then introduces us to Jeff Tanswell who has been attacked by a 9 foot Saltwater crocodile that engulfs his head and upper body.

He is a police Sergeant on Thursday Island which is just off the northern tip of Australia. He and his wife’s lifestyle revolved around the outdoors. One day he was snorkeling along the coral reef from a saltwater crocodile jumped up out of the water and grabbed him by the head and pulled him under.

He has had of fear of getting into the water and thinking that he’s going to be attacked again everytime that he gets into the water. The Saltwater Crocodile is considered the most dangerous to humans and the pressure of their jaws kills everything that it comes in contact with.

David and Jeff travel out to the area where he was attacked off Little Adulphus so that Jeff can face his fear. He was attacked only 15 feet from the shore. Due to the growth of the crocodile population they are now everywhere in the area, even in the oceans. The shock and the impact of it all made Jeff think that he’d been hit by a boat

Check back as Jeff faces the crocodile.

This episode of After the Attack features paraglider Niki Moss as she retells her story of being attached by two wedge-tailed eagles in Australia.

The professional paraglider recalls the moment that she was attacked by the two birds. At the time of the attack she was teaching a paragliding class. She said she heard a screeching and it kept getting closer and closer. She then heard another screech and noticed that the two birds were coming down from above and were diving down on the canopy of her gear.

Finally they found their way to her body  instead of the canopy of the glider when one of the birds began attacking her head. She is then forced to make an emergency landing. She was really fortunate that she didn’t have any physical injuries, but the emotional injuries have been her most serious. Flying her been very fearful for her as this is how she makes her life as well as her livelihood.

Episode 4 of Animal Planet’s After the Attack, again focused on two individuals that were attacked on separate occasions by two different animals. In 2007, Nicky Moss was attacked in Australia by two wedge-tailed eagles. At the time of the attack she was paragliding about 10, 000 feet above ground at the World Championships in Australia.

Again in 2007, Police Sargent Jeff Transwell was attacked and almost drowned by a 9-foot saltwater crocodile while he was snorkeling on a coral reef near Northern Australia.

Check back as I give you play-by-play report of the attacks on these two individuals as well as how the received the faith and courage from David Salmoni to face these animals and get over their fears.

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In episode 5 of Escape to Chimp Eden we were introduced to the Angolan Girls and the struggles that they went through prior to him rescuing them from Angola.

Eugene was worried about introducing the three new girls to the male chimps in the adult compound and wasn’t sure what to do because these male chimps were known to be violent and aggressive. The Angolan Girlshad been in quarantine for a period of three months and are now ready to be released.

When the male chimps saw the female chimps they literally went crazy through the bars, and the females hadn’t even entered the same compound area as the males yet. Mimi is the first female chimp to join in with the males. They just chased her around but didn’t get too aggressive. She just acted like she was happy to be free. She had been caged up for so many years when in Angola and hadn’t even touched grass with her feet before.

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