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Night Watchman

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Sun Jul 3, 2016, 08:53 PM Jul 2016

Orangutan gets to top of wall at Kansas City zoo exhibit

Jul. 3, 2016 8:00 PM EDT

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — An orangutan got to the top of a wall surrounding the Kansas City Zoo's ape exhibit, but quickly returned to the enclosure without any contact with zoo visitors.

The zoo instructed visitors to go indoors until the situation was resolved Sunday afternoon.

Zoo spokeswoman Julie Neemeyer told The Kansas City Star (http://j.mp/29c4fGp ) there were no injuries, and the 17-year-old female Borneo orangutan didn't have to be tranquilized.

Zookeepers brought the exhibit's seven orangutans into a holding building while they tried to figure out how to keep the incident from recurring.

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/2f34bb58a0d444b39c53926fc0102468/orangutan-gets-top-wall-kansas-city-zoo-exhibit

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Orangutan gets to top of wall at Kansas City zoo exhibit (Original Post) Night Watchman Jul 2016 OP
I adore orangutans. I loved the show Orangutan Island. eom grossproffit Jul 2016 #1
It's on You Tube Warpy Jul 2016 #2
Maybe they should have figured out how to stop this from happening joeybee12 Jul 2016 #3
Hint: They climb! It's what they do. nt longship Jul 2016 #4
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