Úřad šerifa okresu San Luis Obispo se domnívá, že to byl malý primát, kdo v sobotu večer volal na tísňovou linku ze zoologické zahrady. Hovor se přerušil, načež se dispečeři snažili zavolat zpět a posílat zprávy.
Na jejich pokusy však nikdo nereagoval, na místo proto zamířila policejní hlídka. Ukázalo se, že telefonát přišel ze zoologické zahrady poblíž města Paso Robles. Policisté však na místě nenašli nikoho, kdo by hovor uskutečnil.
Nakonec usoudili, že mobilní telefon, který byl v golfovém vozíku používaném k pohybu po pozemku, zřejmě použila opice Route. „Bylo nám řečeno, že malpy kapucínské jsou velmi zvídavé, chopí se čehokoli a prostě začnou mačkat tlačítka,“ uvedl úřad šerifa.
Our Deputies have seen their fair share of "monkey business" in the County. But nothing quite like this.
It all started Saturday night when we received a 911 call that had disconnected. Dispatchers tried to call and text back but they received no response. So Deputies were sent to investigate.
The address took them to the offices of Zoo to You near Paso Robles. No one there had placed the call.
Was someone trying to make us look like a monkey's uncle?
Then they all realized...... it must have been Route the Capuchin monkey.
Apparently, Route had picked up the zoo's cell phone... which was in the zoo's golf cart... which is used to travel around the zoo's 40 acre site.
We're told Capuchin monkeys are very inquisitive and will grab anything and everything and just start pushing buttons.
And that's what Route did... just so happened it was in the right combination of numbers to call us.
As you can tell from these photos, Route is a little embarrassed by the whole thing. But you can't really blame her, after all monkey see, monkey do.
Ian Parkinson, Sheriff Sheriff's Advisory Foundation Conservation Ambassadors - Zoo to You
