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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2009 6:18:27 GMT
It has already eaten more than enough!
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 9, 2009 6:54:30 GMT
When my son was little we lived in a house with a long narrow back yard. I had a vegetable garden, as did the people next door with an identical yard.
One day my son and the little girl next door came running in all excited, yelling that there was a monkey in the back yard. Even though I suspected they'd seen a squirrel, I went out to look. There was the cutest little monkey up on the line supporting the cucuzzi. The kids were picking green beans and peas to give him. He ate, then scampered off.
I think he was a capuchin (?) -- like an organ grinder's monkey. We lived very close to the zoo & I don't know if he came from there or was someone's pet.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 9, 2009 14:07:48 GMT
As synchronicity would have it,I heard the best monkey escape story
that happened here this past week.The orangutan exhibit has a moat which has been in disrepair since Katrina. It's supposed to serve as an obstacle/buffer to keep the monkeys in. The orangutans are particularly fond of wearing t-shirts so the workers gather used t-shirts from thrift stores,donations etc.They shred them after a day's wear.Well,one of the orangutans took advantage of the situation and wadded up one of the rags,wet it with the puddle in the moat,threw it up on the electric wire that also serves as a escape deterrent and shorted it out. He then proceeded to swing his way out and all hell broke loose,visitors being sequestered in the buildings etc. The head primate guy was called in and he's all freaked out when all of a sudden he feels this stuff being dropped on the top of his head. The orangutan was in the oak tree overhead dropping acorns on him. The guy went into primate mode,grunting and gesticulating and was able to lure the monkey back into the exhibit area.
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