Monkey Come Home!
Belfast Zoo hunts monkey who went off in a huff
Mon May 30,12:25 PM ET
DUBLIN (Reuters) - It is not just humans who run off when they fight with their parents: Belfast Zoo has launched a hunt for a young monkey who escaped after a spat with his dad.
The 4-year-old black and white Colobus Monkey escaped from his enclosure on Sunday morning and was spotted by a woman in her garden later that evening but has not been seen since.
"He's at that age when he starts to fall out with dad and we're presuming they had a set-to yesterday morning," acting zoo manager Mark Challis said on Monday. "We're presuming he's up a tree and lying low somewhere".
Staff at the zoo said the monkey, which likes to eat bark and leaves, should be able to cope outdoors.
"They come from the slopes of a mountain in Kenya that can get quite cold, so he should be able to cope quite comfortably," Challis said.
Mon May 30,12:25 PM ET
DUBLIN (Reuters) - It is not just humans who run off when they fight with their parents: Belfast Zoo has launched a hunt for a young monkey who escaped after a spat with his dad.
The 4-year-old black and white Colobus Monkey escaped from his enclosure on Sunday morning and was spotted by a woman in her garden later that evening but has not been seen since.
"He's at that age when he starts to fall out with dad and we're presuming they had a set-to yesterday morning," acting zoo manager Mark Challis said on Monday. "We're presuming he's up a tree and lying low somewhere".
Staff at the zoo said the monkey, which likes to eat bark and leaves, should be able to cope outdoors.
"They come from the slopes of a mountain in Kenya that can get quite cold, so he should be able to cope quite comfortably," Challis said.
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