They are also very smart.

[grandmoon]

Clever chimps at Kansas City Zoo make brief break to freedom

KANSAS CITY (Reuters) - Seven chimpanzees used an improvised ladder from a tree to scale a wall and briefly escape their enclosure at the Kansas City Zoo on Thursday, a zoo official said.

One of the chimps apparently pulled a log or a branch and leaned it against the wall of the enclosure, giving the primates a leg-up to the top, zoo director Randy Wisthoff said.

The animals did not have any contact with zoo visitors, as they escaped into an area reserved for zookeepers, he added. There are 12 chimps in total at the zoo, which was closed after the incident.

"We had a ringleader," Wisthoff said. "He got up on the log and got some others to join him."

Using food to entice them, the zookeepers herded the wayward chimps back into an indoor enclosure. The chimps were on the loose for around an hour.

Wisthoff said zoo staff regularly checks trees in the area of the chimpanzees for fallen limbs but in this case a chimp apparently pulled a log or large limb out of a tree.

"Chimps are so much stronger than humans," Wisthoff said, adding that they are also very smart.

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

Poor things.

When I was at the Perth Zoo, one of the Orang-o-tangs was trying to break the glass with a stick to get out, I felt so sorry for him. (or her)

[lurker17260]

http://youtu.be/MbsuAbTTsV8

[boris1gary]

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@just*duff wrote:

Poor things.

When I was at the Perth Zoo, one of the Orang-o-tangs was trying to break the glass with a stick to get out, I felt so sorry for him. (or her)

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http://orangutanfoundation.org.au/

[Anonymous]

I would luv to donate and help save the orang-o-tangs, but whenever I do give to charity, its always for human causes. I know its our fault entire species are on the way out, but we have to help ourselves first. and the bees, we need to save the bees- they are crucial.

[cq_tech]

Just as a matter of interest, the animal's name is actually spelled "orangutan" and is derived from the Malaysian and Indonesian words orang meaning "person" and hutan meaning "forest", (therefore, person of the forest). 🙂

[Anonymous]

Thanks I didnt know how it was spelt and was too lazy google.

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• National Children’s Ambassador for the Australian Orangutan Project for which he has raised over $600,000 to save the orangutan of Borneo and Sumatra.
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Check out this little fella

Daniel Clarke

Although Daniel has Athetoid Cerebral Palsy his story is unlike most children with a disability. Through the work he has done saving the orangutan and achieving his own personal goals, he has become an inspiration to many thousands of Australians.

Daniel doesn’t see his disability as a barrier to achieve his dreams, he also doesn’t wait for things to happen – with the help of his family he makes it happen.

• National Children’s Ambassador for the Australian Orangutan Project for which he has raised over $600,000 to save the orangutan of Borneo and Sumatra.
• Created a promotional video that was used to inspire children through Australian schools on how “It only takes one person to make a difference”.

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