Gibbon and baby escape from zoo enclosure...

January

http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0802/dublinzoo.html

Around 200 visitors to Dublin Zoo were forced indoors this morning after an Ape and its baby escaped.

The Siamang Gibbon called Sasak, which was carrying her baby Gizmo, swung off the island on which they are kept and onto the main complex.

A spokesperson for Dublin Zoo said strict escape procedures were followed.

All visitors were asked to stay in the restaurant while the Sasak and Gizmo were contained.

In a statement Dublin Zoo said: 'At no time were the gibbons out of sight of zookeepers and the pair never left the perimeter of the zoo.

'The gibbons were never further than five metres from their habitat. The pair returned of their own accord within 30 minutes.

'The animals were never in any danger and of no threat to anyone else. They are both back in their habitat in the zoo unharmed and everything has returned to normal.'

Seriously, I think it's time Dublin Zoo revamped their enclosures what with the penguin robbery a couple of months ago and now gibbons escaping from their enclosure...

ElaElaElano

With so many people visiting the zoo today it was a gibbon that something like this would happen. I bet the half-arséd security don't give a monkeys though.

Sigh.

epgc3fyqirnbsx

Congrats on your 3000th post!

But yeah...

Jesus Wept

Thread title is pretty confusing.

I was thinking, why would they have a baby in a zoo enclosure.

Zombienosh

Donkey kong and diddy kong making a break for it

Genghiz Cohen

It's a gibbon; if something is caged it's going to try and escape.

January

see post two... better pun than yours

Genghiz Cohen

adrieanne__x wrote: »

see post two... better pun than yours

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The people have spoken.

How do you like them bananas?

NoHornJan

Genghiz Cohen wrote: »

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How do you like them bananas?

Ooh! Ooh! Ooh! The Funky Gibbons are a bit bitchy today...:D

ElaElaElano

Genghiz Cohen wrote: »

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The people have spoken.

How do you like them bananas?

Don't be going apeshít, it's only the internet.

1-1 though.

pickarooney

The ape looked a bit nervous swinging about there. I'd say he was quite a prehensile.

steddyeddy

pickarooney wrote: »

The ape looked a bit nervous swinging about there. I'd say he was quite a prehensile.

ha ha very good to be honest though id say only a few biologist students got that :P

fonecrusher1

Cheeky monkey.

orourkeda

do do do the funky gibbon

Run_to_da_hills

adrieanne__x wrote: »

Gibbon and baby escape from zoo enclosure...

This is bananas.

Brendog

somebody call the amber lamps

CreepingDeath

Amateurs... the chimps are digging a tunnel.

Strange Loop

CreepingDeath wrote: »

Amateurs... the chimps are digging a tunnel.

Professional monkeys would have dressed in a human suit.

CreepingDeath

Strange Loop wrote: »

Professional monkeys would have dressed in a human suit.

Yeah, people would've assumed they were taxi drivers.

LostCovey

syklops

I blame the media. All this talk of it being a renters market, maybe they were off to see if they could get better digs than what they were in.

Don't blame them. That shoebox Billy was trying to rent out in the Property Recession thread was bigger than what the Gibbons get in the Zoo.

marzic

There are loads of Gibbons in Mayo, with apparently no problems whatsoever:D

Banned Account

That's the trouble with primates - gibbon an inch and they'll take a mile ...