Monday, November 2, 2009

Yousef the monkey checks out of zoo – and swings by hotel

By CLAIRE GARDNER

PERHAPS he had been hoping his final destination would be a land flowing with nuts and bananas.

So being tranquillised on the rooftop of an Edinburgh hotel was probably not the ending this escapee monkey was hoping for when he made his break for freedom...

Not content with scaling an electric fence and exploring the zoo grounds, the four-year-old male decided to indulge in a bit of monkey business.

Leaping from lamppost to lamppost, the monkey, whose breed experts say poses no threat to the public, also negotiated Saturday morning traffic along busy Corstorphine Road...

2 comments:

Terry Nelson said...

That's where Cath goes for rehab (she calls it hiatus). :D

Cathy_of_Alex said...

Great logic, Ter, note the monkey was tranquilized-not the usual thing that happens in rehab. I know you know this! Besides you promised to tell no one!

I see you had plastic surgery again. Talk about tranquilizers....:-)