Monkey On The Loose!

[Sir Erudite Gav]

I take it back, interesting stuff does happen here.

From BBC News (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4592973.stm)


A monkey which escaped from Belfast Zoo after an "argument" with his dad is still on the loose.
Police officers have joined staff in the search for the Colobus monkey which escaped from its enclosure on Sunday night.

A man living near the zoo raised the alarm after spotting the two feet tall, black and white animal in his garden shortly after 2200 BST.

The public is urged not to approach the monkey but to contact the authorities.

Johnny Owens, the owner of the house where the monkey was spotted, said he could not believe what he was seeing.

"I was sitting there last night watching television and just happened to look out the window and saw this beautiful black and white monkey going up and down the gazebo and I couldn't believe my eyes," Mr Owens said.

"I phoned my nieces and they stayed for a couple of hours and fed it."

He said he contacted the police, who notified the zoo.

"They in turn said it had settled down nicely for the night and they'd start their search in the morning."

Shy

Mark Challis, the zoo's acting manager, said he was hopeful the young male monkey will be returned safely to his enclosure.

It appeared the monkey had "a set-to with his dad" and then fled the enclosure, he said.

"He's out of his normal environment, he's likely to want to hide. They are a relatively shy, nervous species.

"They come from the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro, so they are quite a tough species of monkey. The cool air nights shouldn't bother them too much," Mr Challis added.

"We have a very capable and trained escape team in the zoo. We wouldn't want people to approach him too closely, but if they can keep an eye on him and see what he's up to that would be ideal."

A red panda escaped from the zoo in December 2002.



http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41200000/jpg/_41200077_monkey_203.jpg
The monkey was unavailable for comment.

[batphone begins]

dat monkey gots bubonic plaaaaaaaaaague

[Sir Erudite Gav]

dat monkey gots bubonic plaaaaaaaaaague

So, I shouldn't be trying to find it then?

[batphone begins]

didn you see Outbreakk?

[AAlgar]

See? You keep letting them out for milestone posts, this is what happens.

[Sir Erudite Gav]

didn you see Outbreakk?

I haven't actually, but I know it was the monkey's fault, but I can't stay mad at them...

[SimiBoyz]

A monkey which escaped from Belfast Zoo after an "argument" with his dad is still on the loose.
Police officers have joined staff in the search for the Colobus monkey which escaped from its enclosure on Sunday night.

A man living near the zoo raised the alarm after spotting the two feet tall, black and white animal in his garden shortly after 2200 BST.

The public is urged not to approach the monkey but to contact the authorities.

Johnny Owens, the owner of the house where the monkey was spotted, said he could not believe what he was seeing.

"I was sitting there last night watching television and just happened to look out the window and saw this beautiful black and white monkey going up and down the gazebo and I couldn't believe my eyes," Mr Owens said.

"I phoned my nieces and they stayed for a couple of hours and fed it."

It was a nice gazebo and it was very nice of them to feed me.


He said he contacted the police, who notified the zoo.

"They in turn said it had settled down nicely for the night and they'd start their search in the morning."

Shy

Mark Challis, the zoo's acting manager, said he was hopeful the young male monkey will be returned safely to his enclosure.

It appeared the monkey had "a set-to with his dad" and then fled the enclosure, he said.

Too right, he flung some shit at me. Siad he read it in an Abe Awsome comic or something.


"He's out of his normal environment, he's likely to want to hide. They are a relatively shy, nervous species.

"They come from the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro, so they are quite a tough species of monkey. The cool air nights shouldn't bother them too much," Mr Challis added.

"We have a very capable and trained escape team in the zoo. We wouldn't want people to approach him too closely, but if they can keep an eye on him and see what he's up to that would be ideal."

A red panda escaped from the zoo in December 2002.

No please come close. I don't bite. Might scratch a little, but I don't bite.

[Sir Erudite Gav]

From BBC News:


Escaped monkey spotted near zoo

Colobus monkeys come from Mount Kilimanjaro
A monkey which escaped from Belfast Zoo after an "argument" with his dad has been spotted near his enclosure.
The Colombus monkey has been seen lurking in dense woodland about 300 metres from the zoo's perimeter.

More on this as it develops.

[AAlgar]

I broke 6000 this morning. That was supposed to be my monkey. :cry:

[TRILL, THE CARBON BASED LIFEFORM]

The monkey was last seen in the bell tower with a rifle.

[Sir Erudite Gav]

The monkey was last seen in the bell tower with a rifle.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y176/gavbrown/monkey_gun.jpg

I'll have to remember my tin hat and bullet proof vest on the way to work tomorrow.

[Sir Erudite Gav]

Closure at last.


A monkey which broke out of Belfast Zoo and went on the run in the leafy suburbs of north Belfast has returned to the zoo.
The Colobus monkey fled after an "argument" with his dad a week ago and had been spotted near the zoo.

The animal, nicknamed Mojo by residents, returned to his enclosure on Sunday, zoo manager Mark Challis said.

"He appears fine and has obviously been feeding. His welfare hasn't been compromised by being away," he said.

"We're delighted. He looks fit and well and is back in the zoo."

The missing monkey was seen by residents capering through gardens and waving through windows during his week-long adventure.

Mr Challis said their best guess as to why he ran away was a falling out with his father.

"We presume that he just got too old for the group and dad was starting to see him not necessarily as a threat, but was saying to him it's about time you left home and went off to do your own thing," he said.

Mojo will not be mixed back into the group, Mr Challis said, and the zoo will be looking to help the young male strike out on his own and form his own troop.

"I think it's time we found a new home for him, he's of an age where he needs to meet females and start a new group of his own," he said.

"It's highly unlikely we'll be looking to mix him back in with dad. I think dad's probably had enough of him by now."

Pray for Mojo.

[Niall]

another reason why i love to live in Belfast

[Sir Erudite Gav]

another reason why i love to live in Belfast

It's the only reason to live in Belfast. ;)

[Niall]

It's the only reason to live in Belfast. ;)

fair point

[Niall]

It's the only reason to live in Belfast. ;)

There was also that time spider-man came to visit ( http://www.spiderfan.org/comics/reviews/spiderman_web/022.html (http://www.spiderfan.org/comics/reviews/spiderman_web/022.html) )

I think that if I stick around long enough he might come back ;)

[james michael]

fucking punk kids these days...

no respect i tell ya,
NO RESPECT!!! :x

[Sir Erudite Gav]

There was also that time spider-man came to visit ( http://www.spiderfan.org/comics/reviews/spiderman_web/022.html (http://www.spiderfan.org/comics/reviews/spiderman_web/022.html) )

I think that if I stick around long enough he might come back ;)

I have to get that comic. Wouldn't you know there'd be a petrol bomb though!

[Niall]

I have to get that comic. Wouldn't you know there'd be a petrol bomb though!


I have it too and wouldn't you know marvel had to go and call it a gasoline bomb!!