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Monkey in zoo snatches cell phone cameras
August 17, 2007
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Russia — A Japanese macaque monkey in a Volga Region zoo insists on protecting its "family" from nuisance visitors by snatching away their cell phone cameras, a deputy zoo owner said Thursday.
In an attempt to protect his "girlfriend" and baby, the male Japanese monkey, nicknamed Samurai, has already expropriated a dozen expensive mobile phones, the spokesman said.
"Samurai never feels shy about swiping phones from an owner's hands and then hiding them in his cage," he said.
Officials have put up a warning sign for visitors: "Dear biological relatives, we regard phones, cameras and video cameras as our property - we take and destroy them." But the photographers, who are usually clueless as to what the strange note means, insist on taking pictures of the adorable primate, wholly unaware of its larcenous habits.
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17 August 2007
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aquakej (Anonymous) says…
how is it exactly that the monkeys are able to get close enough to the people to steal their phones??
17 August 2007
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coolmom (Anonymous) says…
how is it that the humans are getting close enough to force this monkey to confiscate their phones?