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A vet shot a tranquiliser dart at a zoo employee dressed as a gorilla after mistaking him for a primate.
The 35-year-old zoo employee was shot on Monday at Loro Parque Zoo on the Spanish island of Tenerife.
Staff at the zoo were taking part in a drill designed to ensure they had an emergency plan in place in case one of the gorillas escaped its enclosure.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2649381/Zoo-worker-gorilla-suit-critical-condition-shot-tranquiliser-dart-training-exercise-no-one-told-vet-wasnt-real.html#ixzz33rWQfxwb
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Renew Deal
(81,856 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,681 posts)He is a primate. Biology 101, silly reporter person.
Arugula Latte
(50,566 posts)mysuzuki2
(3,521 posts)When a guy can't walk down the street in his gorilla suit without some asshole shooting him with a tranquilizer dart.