That All Mayhem Broke Out At The Zoo

Animals are smarter than we think especially when they are locked up in a zoo and just want to escape and be free Here are 8 stories about all mayhem broke out at zoos 8 Times Mayhem Broke Out at Zoos Animals are much smarter than we give them credit for and yet we still think it's okay to lock them in cages and charge astronomical fees to see them in these tiny enclosed spaces so can we blame them if from time to time they want to make the great escape Here are X times mayhem broke out at zoos Ken Allen the Orangutan Yes even Orangutans can have mortal enemies as silly as it may seem They're more like humans than we could have possibly imagined Three Monkeys Stage Zoo Breakout This would be the plot for a conventionally well-written cartoon where three Sulawesi-Crested Macaques stage a break-out while the zoo is closed because of a national Red Alert storm warning in Ireland It sounds like it could be a real hit but too bad Penguins of Madagascar already exists and they didn't use these brilliant monkeys instead Satara the Rhino No one said it was easy to get older but especially if you're going to get left for a younger better looking person this two-ton white rhino named Satara got to experience this first hand He even went on a jealous rampage to show his disgust after he discovered his mate had been paired with a younger male Macaw Catches a Ride to Freedom Highway One clever macaw by the name of Chuva already had her wings clipped but it didn't mean she couldn't come up with other ways to escape the Greater Vancouver Zoo and go on her own little adventure A family spotted the six-year-old bird under an RV and were surprised by her Nikica the Hippo Gardens are usually prime locations for birds bees and the occasional rabbit but who would expect to go out and see a giant two-ton hippopotamus basking in the sun in their garden We can't say we wouldn't love the idea of this though because it turns out Nikica regularly escapes his pen and he's the only living hippo in Montenegro Escaped Vulture Mauled by Lions Horrifies Zoo Visitors There is such a thing as getting too close and personal with zoo animals and we're sure that's exactly how people visiting the Colchester Zoo in England felt What was supposed to be a fun day at a tourist attraction turned into something much sinister Leona the Penguin This could have ended up as a real disaster since Leona was only a few months old and was already bored with her normal zoo routine One day she decided to go for a little adventure cutely waddling into the lion's den of a zoo in Germany Great Egyptian Cobra Escape For some this may have been more like a Harry Potter nightmare gone terribly wrong but it turns out the great Egyptian Cobra who escaped his reptilian habitat at the New York City zoo quickly slithered into the hearts of Twitter fans everywhere

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