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Old 04-06-2006, 10:56 AM  
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Zoo's phone monkeys forced to tone it down

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...n_page_id=1770



6th April 2006

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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