A great ape escape caused panic in Germany when five clever chimpanzees broke out of their zoo compound, using a ladder they had fashioned together out of tree branches.
After scaling the wall on Wednesday, the primates were able to walk among the 2,500 visitors to Hanover's Experience Zoo.
While the chimps were content to taste life on the other side of the fence, a five year old girl and an an elderly man were hurt in the panic as staff hurriedly evacuated the park.
Four of the five chimps - seven in total live in the enclosure - tasted freedom and decided they didn’t like it much.
They wandered back to the enclosure on their own - but leader of the pack Maxi was enjoying himself on the outside.
'He took himself off to see the head gorilla,' said Simone Hagenmeyer, the zoo spokeswoman.
Re: Panic at German zoo as five chimpanzees create makeshift ladder out of branches and jump out of pen
never ever underestimate one of these filthy little fuckers. They also use clubs/sticks as weapons and love to attack en masse. If you see one loose, shoot it.
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