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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums8 times other animals wanted freedom as much as Inky the octopus
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2016/04/15/8-times-other-animals-wanted-freedom-as-much-as-inky-the-octopus/"Three months ago, after more than a year in a New Zealand aquarium tank, Inky the octopus decided to pursue or maybe accidentally ended up pursuing, according to one octopus expert a life of freedom in the Pacific Ocean. Its a big ocean, so hes almost certainly gone for good.
Before Inky, however, many other captive animals have tried to make their own great escapes into more human-populated terrain, and a few have been successful. But most that fought the law found that the law won.
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In the steamy summer of 2013, Rusty the red panda was a new kid in town, having come just weeks before from a childrens zoo in Nebraska. And he evidently wanted to explore the nations capital. He slipped out of the Smithsonian National Zoo on a Monday morning and immediately became the talk of the town (and the subject of a question at a White House news conference).
But shortly after lunchtime, hed been done in by Twitter: A family spotted him in Adams Morgan and tweeted his photo, then called the zoo. Zoo and Washington Humane Society personnel found him in a tree and nudged him with a pole into a safety net.
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8 times other animals wanted freedom as much as Inky the octopus (Original Post)
HuckleB
Apr 2016
OP
They left out Alphie! He was a macaque monkey who escaped from the Pittsburgh Zoo in 1987
FSogol
Apr 2016
#1
I don't think it actually escaped but the Bronx zoo cobra was missing for a while.
DawgHouse
Apr 2016
#6
FSogol
(45,526 posts)1. They left out Alphie! He was a macaque monkey who escaped from the Pittsburgh Zoo in 1987
and could be seem around town enjoying his freedom for months. I think they recaptured him 6 months later heading to Ohio.
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)2. Lucky monkey!
Imagine if the poor thing had actually made it to Ohio.
What an awesome addition to the story!
islandmkl
(5,275 posts)3. don't forget the Mystery Monkee of Tampa Bay..aka Cornelius...
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2012/10/25/163620501/floridas-mystery-monkey-captured-after-three-years-on-the-lam
http://www.tbo.com/pasco-county/mystery-monkey-of-tampa-bay-now-a-father-20150404/
http://www.tampabay.com/news/humaninterest/mystery-monkey-is-a-dad/2224158
had his own facebook page...it was a hoot
https://www.facebook.com/MysteryMonkeyOfTampaBay/
http://www.tbo.com/pasco-county/mystery-monkey-of-tampa-bay-now-a-father-20150404/
http://www.tampabay.com/news/humaninterest/mystery-monkey-is-a-dad/2224158
had his own facebook page...it was a hoot
https://www.facebook.com/MysteryMonkeyOfTampaBay/
Maru Kitteh
(28,342 posts)5. I find this heartbreaking rather than amusing
Animals do feel. They have wants, friendships, fears. I hate zoos.
DawgHouse
(4,019 posts)6. I don't think it actually escaped but the Bronx zoo cobra was missing for a while.
Several twitter accounts popped up, detailing his escapades about town.