Exotic Incident #608

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Omaha, NE - USA

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24/08/2003

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Summary:

Fu Manchu, an orangutan at the Henry Doorly Zoo, picked the lock of his cage each night and escaped. Workers eventually found the pick in Fu Manchu’s cage; the pick was a piece of wire he hid between his lips and gums.