Oklahoma City Zoo chimpanzee spends two hours in dry moat
Mwami wasn't in a rush to climb out of the ditch Monday afternoon.
His fellow chimpanzees at the Oklahoma City Zoo had chased him up a tree, screeching and swinging at him. He took a flying leap onto the ground, disappeared over the hill and somehow wound up in a giant, empty cement moat that circles his habitat.
Zoo staff issued an emergency alert as soon as the wayward chimp was seen out of his exhibit....
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