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file83 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-06-06 05:51 PM
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Monkey SEE. Monkey DO!!

Monkey's at Zoo grab cell phones from people

From the "dailymail.co.uk":

Zoo's phone monkeys forced to tone it down

A troop of mischievous monkeys at London Zoo have had to be re-trained after showing too much interest in mobile phones.

The ring tones and bright lights proved just too attractive to the squirrel monkeys in their new no-barrier enclosure.

Visitors who held out their phones to video or take photographs attracted attention from the monkeys who attempted to take the object.

A short training programme was developed which put an end to their interest and the monkeys are once again roaming their environment in a more natural state of play.

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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-06-06 06:00 PM
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1. Now all we have to do is retrain the monkeys driving around with them.
Folks with cellphones to their ears, kids in the back seat, and stumbling around a parking lot in a big honking HAV (Human Assault Vehicle) need retraining ... bad.
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-06-06 06:02 PM
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2. "short training programme"..probably involved electricity
poor monkeys..they just wanted to see if they could "hear me now"..
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file83 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-06-06 06:19 PM
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3. LOL - but me thinks the monkeys are secret government program
Edited on Thu Apr-06-06 06:21 PM by file83
to listen in on our cell phone conversations!

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