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Title: Man In Chimp Suit Goes Wild In Tokyo Zoo, Taken Down By Tranquilizer Dart (Video)
Source:
Japankyu
URL Source: http://www.japankyo.com/2017/02/wei ... arthquake-dril-simulation.html
Published: Feb 24, 2017
Author: Uncredited
Post Date: 2017-02-24 22:17:57 by cranky
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Views: 1646
Comments: 7
On Tuesday, a Japanese zoo conducted an interesting earthquake drill, which involved police and firefighters chasing after a man in a chimpanzee costume.
This unique training exercise was held at the Tama Zoological Park in the city of Hino in Tokyo and was meant to simulate a situation in which a chimpanzee had escaped from its enclosure due to a major earthquake.
About 100 people participated in the simulation and even though the "escaped chimpanzee" was only a man in a costume, all involved took their jobs very seriously.
During the drill some of the participants could be seen evacuating park visitors, while others, armed with tranquilizer guns and nets, did their best to capture the rebellious chimp. As for the chimpanzee, he did his best to act the part, occasionally scratching himself and even wielding a branch for a while.
At about the 10-minute mark of this 50-minute simulation, park staff unsuccessfully tried to use a net to capture the chimp. One of the participants involved in this failed capture attempt ended up getting bitten in the shoulder and hit in the back by the fugitive primate.
Following the vicious attack on one of the net-wielding humans, the chimpanzee made his way to the west side of the park. It was here where after surrounding the chimpanzee participants were finally able to take him down with a well-aimed tranquilizer dart.
Source: Fuji News Network
After being hit by the (fake) tranquilizer dart the chimpanzee immediately collapsed. Simulation participants made sure to poke the chimp with a stick before putting him in a net, loading him onto a truck and then taking him away.
Source: Fuji News Network
If you'd like to see the chimp in action for yourself, then check out the two videos below. The first one shows the "attack" and the second one shows the epic capture.
Although rare, animals escaping from zoos in Japan is not something completely unheard of. In fact, in April of last year a chimpanzee escaped from a zoo in Sendai. Video of this incident can be seen below. The video shows the Sendai chimp, named Chacha, climbing electric poles and swinging on power lines, all in an effort to avoid being captured. The video ends with Chacha's capture, which just like in the simulation, involved a tranquilizer dart and a net.
It is in order to be prepared for these kinds of situations that the Tama Zoological Park has been holding their unique emergency drill every year since 1977. In recent years, the event has hosted every other year by Tokyo's Ueno Zoo. In the past, participants have had to capture other "escaped animals," including a lion and evn a black rhinoceros. (2 images)
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#1. To: cranky (#0)
Fake News! Here's the real picture.... This isn't news. It's a routine escape preparedness exercise at some crappy Jap zoo. This isn't even news in Japan, let alone in a real country like America.
Well it would be news prior to 9/11. I remember the top Drudge story months before and leading into 9/11 was the Monkey man mania in India: Guess things were just really boring before 9/11.
Was Willie or O'bunghole on vacation?
I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح
It looks like A K A Pebbles on his weekend bender.
LOL Si vis pacem, para bellum Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God. There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people."Theodore Roosevelt-1907. I am concerned for the security of our great nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within." -- General Douglas MacArthur
"black rhinoceros"? I bet it cost them a TON to hire Oprah for that role. Maybe they suckered her in with pies? BOYCOTT PAYPAL AND CLOSE YOUR PP ACCOUNTS NOW! ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO DO SO,TOO! ISLAM MEANS SUBMISSION! Why is democracy held in such high esteem when it’s the enemy of the minority and makes all rights relative to the dictates of the majority? (Ron Paul,2012) American Indians had open borders. Look at how well that worked out for them.
The D&R terrorists hate us because we're free, to vote second party
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#2. To: cranky (#0)
#3. To: Tooconservative (#2)
#4. To: cranky (#0)
#5. To: GrandIsland (#4)
#6. To: GrandIsland (#4)
" Was Willie or O'bunghole on vacation? "
#7. To: cranky (#0)
In the past, participants have had to capture other "escaped animals," including a lion and evn a black rhinoceros.
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