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911 call from California zoo believed to be made by monkey
The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Office believes it was a little Capuchin monkey that called 911 from a zoo last Saturday night (August 13), the Associated Press reported, according to the ABC news.
Cops usually have a prime suspect. In this case it's a primate suspect.
The office said in a social media post, the call disconnected and dispatchers tried to call and text back but there was no response, so deputies were sent to investigate.
The address turned out to be the Zoo to You near Paso Robles, but the deputies found that no one there made the call.
They finally deduced that a Capuchin monkey named Route had apparently picked up the zoo's cellphone, which was in a golf cart used to move about the property.
The office's post said: "We're told Capuchin monkeys are very inquisitive and will grab anything and everything and just start pushing buttons.”
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911, is an emergency telephone number for the United States, Canada, Palau, Argentina, Philippines, Jordan, as well as the North American Numbering Plan (NANP), one of eight N11 codes.
Like other emergency numbers around the world, this number is intended for use in emergency circumstances only.
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