You had me worried sick, Monkey...now go to your room!
Who rattled his cage? Moody monkey finally back at zoo
Mon Jun 6, 5:17 PM ET
LONDON (AFP) - A sulking monkey has returned home a week after storming off following a bust-up with his dad, Belfast Zoo confirmed.
Moody Kevin, a black-furred, white-tailed Colobus monkey, trooped off in a huff after falling out with his father.
But after a week of monkeying around in the woods behind the zoo, three feet (0.91 metre) tall Kevin finally climbed down and ended his self-imposed exile.
Zoo manager Mark Challis was thrilled Kevin had stopped being a cheeky monkey.
"It's obviously been a horrendous week for all of us at the zoo, so we are delighted he has returned," he told Britain's domestic Press Association news agency.
"Kevin looks fine. He appears to have been fed well and we're glad to have him back."
It's been somewhat of a chimpanzee's tea party for the Colobus whilst on the run as local humans have joined in Kevin's monkey business, keeping him stocked up with apples and tomatoes, Challis revealed.
"The public's response to his escape has been absolutely fantastic. It's been good to know that there are a lot of people out there concerned for his welfare.
"It sounds like he's had a cracking time. He has had a week of just pottering about in the woodland but as far as the weather was concerned, we weren't really concerned because it had been mild," he added.
He had escaped from his enclosure at Belfast Zoo, Northern Ireland, and was later seen swinging from the wooden bars of a gazebo in a suburban garden before falling asleep on a windowsill.
However, before zookeepers could arrive with nets and tranquilizing darts to recapture the monkey he was off and was not spotted again.
But there now remains one potential banana skin: the zoo fears there can be no making the peace between Kevin and his father. The row is more serious than that.
"He was a growing male in the group and our best guess is that he had a fallout with his dad," Challis said.
"We will not be reintegrating him with the group. The reality is that he and the group have fallen out and we will have to move him for his own good," he said.
"I think his dad has made the decision for us and will have to find a new home for him where he can start a little group of his own."
The search is now on for a European zoo that can handle the temperamental tearaway.
Mon Jun 6, 5:17 PM ET
LONDON (AFP) - A sulking monkey has returned home a week after storming off following a bust-up with his dad, Belfast Zoo confirmed.
Moody Kevin, a black-furred, white-tailed Colobus monkey, trooped off in a huff after falling out with his father.
But after a week of monkeying around in the woods behind the zoo, three feet (0.91 metre) tall Kevin finally climbed down and ended his self-imposed exile.
Zoo manager Mark Challis was thrilled Kevin had stopped being a cheeky monkey.
"It's obviously been a horrendous week for all of us at the zoo, so we are delighted he has returned," he told Britain's domestic Press Association news agency.
"Kevin looks fine. He appears to have been fed well and we're glad to have him back."
It's been somewhat of a chimpanzee's tea party for the Colobus whilst on the run as local humans have joined in Kevin's monkey business, keeping him stocked up with apples and tomatoes, Challis revealed.
"The public's response to his escape has been absolutely fantastic. It's been good to know that there are a lot of people out there concerned for his welfare.
"It sounds like he's had a cracking time. He has had a week of just pottering about in the woodland but as far as the weather was concerned, we weren't really concerned because it had been mild," he added.
He had escaped from his enclosure at Belfast Zoo, Northern Ireland, and was later seen swinging from the wooden bars of a gazebo in a suburban garden before falling asleep on a windowsill.
However, before zookeepers could arrive with nets and tranquilizing darts to recapture the monkey he was off and was not spotted again.
But there now remains one potential banana skin: the zoo fears there can be no making the peace between Kevin and his father. The row is more serious than that.
"He was a growing male in the group and our best guess is that he had a fallout with his dad," Challis said.
"We will not be reintegrating him with the group. The reality is that he and the group have fallen out and we will have to move him for his own good," he said.
"I think his dad has made the decision for us and will have to find a new home for him where he can start a little group of his own."
The search is now on for a European zoo that can handle the temperamental tearaway.
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