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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
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Summer Lin

Monkey see, monkey do: Monkey dials 911 at LA County zoo

LOS ANGELES — A monkey at the Zoo to You in Paso Robles called 911 over the weekend, according to the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Office.

Dispatchers got a 911 call Saturday night that had disconnected, and tried to text and call back but got no response, according to a Sheriff's Office social media post.

Deputies were dispatched to the zoo and discovered that no one there had made the call.

They realized that Route, a capuchin monkey, had picked up the zoo's cellphone from a golf cart and dialed 911.

"As you can tell from these photos, Route is a little embarrassed by the whole thing," the sheriff's office wrote. "But you can't really blame her, after all monkey see, monkey do."

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