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Prima(te) ballerina: errant monkey in a tutu leads Missouri police a merry dance
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/06/monkey-tutu-missouri
Sheriff’s deputies captured the monkey, which had opened a door to escape, before arrival of winter storm
A monkey in a pink tutu that slipped out of a Missouri home was captured just before a winter storm slammed the state.
The Jefferson county sheriff’s office described the apprehension of the primate in a Facebook post as “Bananas”.
The spider monkey was spotted on Friday afternoon at the intersection of two highways near the town of Otto, just to the south of the St Louis area. The monkey had been staying at a nearby home when it managed to open a door and get outside.
The sheriff’s office said the small monkey was returned to its caretaker after “careful negotiations and some coaxing”. Photos posted on the sheriff’s department Facebook page show a deputy kneeling on the ground before the tutu-clad monkey approached and grabbed his hands.
The sheriff’s office said it was a great example of how officers “having to be prepared to handle whatever the job throws at them”.
The timing was fortuitous. A winter storm packing snow and ice hit the region on Saturday, closing roads and sending temperatures plunging.
The Jefferson county sheriff’s office described the apprehension of the primate in a Facebook post as “Bananas”.
The spider monkey was spotted on Friday afternoon at the intersection of two highways near the town of Otto, just to the south of the St Louis area. The monkey had been staying at a nearby home when it managed to open a door and get outside.
The sheriff’s office said the small monkey was returned to its caretaker after “careful negotiations and some coaxing”. Photos posted on the sheriff’s department Facebook page show a deputy kneeling on the ground before the tutu-clad monkey approached and grabbed his hands.
The sheriff’s office said it was a great example of how officers “having to be prepared to handle whatever the job throws at them”.
The timing was fortuitous. A winter storm packing snow and ice hit the region on Saturday, closing roads and sending temperatures plunging.
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