Clever monkey

One of two spider monkeys recently added to the Washington Park Zoo broke out of its enclosure this week while workers were cleaning the moat, which had been emptied of water. The spider monkey used a garden hose to scale the wall of the moat.

Zoo Director Johnny Martinez says workers had figured the monkeys would remain inside their enclosure during the cleaning despite the lack of water in the moat to act as a barricade.

Once past the moat, the escaped monkey jumped onto the roof of a water filtration plant and then visited a local boat dealership. The monkey was sitting on top of a white and blue speedboat when captured.

Source: AP

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