The sheriff’s office posted pictures of the capuchin monkey to its Facebook page.
Police in California received a call from a zoo, but before any conversation, the call was disconnected. Police were immediately dispatched to investigate a possible emergency at Ju To U in Paso Robles following Saturday night’s call. Metro said in a report. Deputies traced the call to the zoo office, but did not find any humans in trouble. Later, his prime suspect turned out to be a primate who had played a prank, the outlet added.
The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office believes it was a small monkey that called the police. told it Metro That a capuchin monkey at the zoo – named Root – had apparently picked up the zoo’s cell phone that had been left in the golf cart.
The sheriff’s office said, “We’ve been told that capuchin monkeys are very inquisitive and will grab anything and everything and just push the button. And that’s what Root did… it just so happened that it took us to call numbers.” Was in the right combination.” ,
According to officials, the golf cart was left unattended amid 40 acres of zoo land, and the curious little monkey put its hand on it.
The sheriff’s office also shared several photos of the mischievous monkey at the zoo on Facebook, saying officials have seen their fair share of “monkey business,” but nothing like it.
The police had called back the number on Saturday but there was no response after which they decided to visit the zoo. They later learned that no one had called 911 there.
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