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A primate suspect: US monkey dials 911

A primate suspect: US monkey dials 911

This undated handout image courtesy of San Luis Obispo County Sheriff鈥檚 Office obtained on August 16, 2022 shows Route the Capuchin monkey after making a 911 call at Zoo To You near Paso Robles, California. AFP

LOS ANGELES鈥擟alifornia cops rushed to a zoo after a 911 call 鈥 only to find it had been placed by a mischievous monkey.

Dispatchers sent officers to investigate a possible emergency after receiving a call Saturday night that had disconnected.

Sheriff鈥檚 deputies in San Luis Obispo County traced the call to the offices of Zoo to You, a conservation park 200 miles (320 kilometers) north of Los Angeles, but couldn鈥檛 find any humans in trouble.

Undeterred, and determined to get to the bottom of the mystery, they began to investigate.

鈥淭hen they all realized鈥 it must have been Route the Capuchin monkey,鈥 said a social media post by the sheriff鈥檚 office.

鈥淎pparently, Route had picked up the zoo鈥檚 cell phone鈥 which was in the zoo鈥檚 golf cart鈥 which is used to travel around the zoo鈥檚 40 acre site.鈥

Capuchins are particularly inquisitive creatures, who enjoy poking and pressing objects they pick up.

鈥淎nd that鈥檚 what Route did鈥 just so happened it was in the right combination of numbers to call us.鈥

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