{"id":1512,"date":"2007-05-19T08:06:52","date_gmt":"2007-05-19T13:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/go-aap\/"},"modified":"2007-05-19T08:06:52","modified_gmt":"2007-05-19T13:06:52","slug":"go-aap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/go-aap","title":{"rendered":"Go, aap!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Been a long time since I had an ape escape story<\/a> to share with you. (It’s the only reason I have an Apes<\/a> category on this blog.) Bokito, a 400-lb. gorilla at a zoo in Rotterdam, busted out and tried to snack on a woman’s arm:<\/p>\n

“He got over the moat, which in itself is remarkable, because gorillas can’t swim,” Dorrestijn said. “He got onto a path for visitors and started running and went at full speed through tables and diners at the Oranje restaurant.”<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

They probably should have just lured him into a coffeehouse, gotten him baked, and walked him back to his pen after making a side trip to a convenience store for some snacks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Been a long time since I had an ape escape story to share with you. (It’s the only reason I have an Apes category on this blog.) Bokito, a 400-lb. gorilla at a zoo in Rotterdam, busted out and tried to snack on a woman’s arm: “He got over the moat, which in itself is … <\/p>\n

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