Two Americans Arrested After Crypto Stunt in Punch the Monkey's Zoo Enclosure
The man illegally scaled the safety fences of the “monkey mountain” exhibit, home to Punch, the popular baby Japanese macaque known for hugging and carrying around a stuffed orangutan plushie. Zoo employees reacted quickly and apprehended the trespasser. He was subsequently handed over to police along with a second man who was reportedly filming the stunt.
- ▪The man illegally scaled the safety fences of the “monkey mountain” exhibit, home to Punch, the popular baby Japanese macaque known for hugging and carrying around a stuffed orangutan plushie.
- ▪Zoo employees reacted quickly and apprehended the trespasser.
- ▪He was subsequently handed over to police along with a second man who was reportedly filming the stunt.
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