Curious Monkey Led to Chaos at Zoo

Written by Pat's Papers | Monday, 30 August 2010 8:34 AM

His name is Watson, not George, but his curiosity managed to set off a chain of events that ended with two tigers in custody at a Florida zoo. According to the Miami Herald, the small ape’s escape from his pen led a 500-pound tiger to leap over the 14-foot fence surrounding his enclosure and into a crowd of people. Onlookers say the tiger got excited when he saw Watson the monkey climbing near his cage. No humans were injured but apparently Watson suffered a non-fatal bite “on the butt.”

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Scroll down for an interview with a mother whose 2-year-old daughter found herself in the tiger’s path on Saturday:

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