MONKEY MADNESS
Model Emmy Russ, 24, hospitalised after getting attacked by two monkeys while in bikini & left needing five rabies jabs
She is now taking nine tablets a day to combat the infection but has already suffered from nausea
MODEL Emmy Russ has been hospitalised and left needing five rabies jabs following a vicious double monkey attack.
The 24-year-old revealed she was “afraid for her life” after being bitten by the two primates whilst holidaying in Thailand.
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The German model, who has a Russian mother and currently lives in Spain, was enjoying a boat trip around the Phi Phi Islands when the wild animals struck.
Emmy - who was wearing a pink bikini - was visiting Monkey Beach when the incident took place.
A clip uploaded to TikTok shows her stroking a baby monkey on the ground before it clings onto her arm and apparently sinks its fangs into her skin.
At the same time, an adult primate – apparently the baby’s mother – runs up to the model and bites her knee area.
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According to Emmy, who has appeared in several reality TV shows in Germany and Spain, she suffered four bite wounds.
She was immediately taken to a local health centre where her wounds were cleaned and treated.
However, Emmy has been left fearing for her life after the attack.
She explained: “I hadn’t received any shots for rabies or tetanus.
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“So I’ve now had the tetanus shot and I will receive a total of five rabies jabs with three still to go.”
Emmy is also taking nine tablets a day to combat the infection but has already suffered from nausea.
The model has also only left her hotel room to have breakfast and the experience has left her feeling so low that she now apparently regrets going on the holiday.
Emmy said: “If I had known what was going to happen, I would have stayed away.
“I’ll probably end the holiday early.
“At the moment, I have to say that I am afraid for my life.
“I would rather get treated in Madrid.”
She added: “Luckily, my health insurance is covering everything.”
In November, a schoolboy was brutally killed by a monkey after it ripped into his stomach and tore out his intestines.
Dipak Thakor, 10, was reportedly playing with his friends in his small village of Salki in Gandhinager, Gujarat, India when he was terrorised by a notorious gang of apes.
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And the "world's most wanted monkey" was finally "arrested" after attacking 20 people in a two-week reign of terror.
The ferocious primate had a £200 bounty on its head before it was caught in India last summer.
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