Orangutan Escape: Short-Circuits Wires, Builds Ladder To Flee Zoo In Adelaide (VIDEO)

Karta, a 27-year-old orangutan short-circuited electrical wires and built a make-shift ladder to climb a fence in an escape attempt at Australia's Adelaide Zoo on Mother's Day, causing the zoo's evacuation on one of its busiest days.

The Independent reports:

Karta, a 27-year-old female, jammed a stick into wires connected to the barrier, then piled up shrubs, roots and debris to create a platform. Using it as a stepladder, she climbed up onto the concrete and glass wall surrounding her enclosure, where she was spotted by a member of the public who raised the alarm.

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After escaping its enclosure but not quite making it out to the public, fifteen zoo employees responded and returned Karta.

The zoo's curator Peter Whitehead told the Daily Telegraph of Australia:

"She's always been a bit mischievous. She likes being a bit inquisitive," she said.

"Their nature is they will work on things and she just enjoys building things, unfortunately on the wrong day and in the wrong area."

Comments

[blimie]

She's not being mischievious, she wants to be free. Let her go to an animal sanctuary. She's been in a zoo long enough.

[doglove]

POOR THING, just wants a life.

Very sad.

[RButler]

Where's Charlton Heston when we need him?

[hottingers]

Smarter than the average Republican

[ANuttyReader]

the evacuation should have been to protect the orangutan from the people, after all she has been caged and kept from her freedom by people... I wonder who is the really dangerous animal?

[SILVANUS]

She sounds great! She deserves more freedom.

At least our anipals have not come up with ways to nuke everyone to hell and back, even if they can't contrive beauty pageants, yet, and blame Satan for everything they dislike.

[fem56]

First the cow and now Karfa, the Orangutan! Do you think they are trying to tell us someting?

[Ibackobama]

I guess she went ape s h i t . . .

[James Chief]

lol!!

[Dailyfare]

Go, Karta!

[scapegoat4rent]

New Flash:

Conservative are now demanding that zoos are to teach intelligent design to their apes. Don't want these creatures to start developing funny ideas like evolution.

[PlayTOE]

This is a very intelligent animal .. who deserves a bit of freedom ... is there a "freedom park" where she can go on holiday from the zoo?

[Lib2daBone]

She should replace Timothy Geithner....

[VOTER]

More proof Republicans get the lowest intelligence rating.

[mockingbird1]

Just shocking, shocking animal behavior. They should have shot her like they do all the other creatures that try to escape their pens. I can't imagine why she would want to escape. Doesn't she know she's safer behind bars?

[Rule Of Law]

"...don't have to run through the jungle and scuff up your feet..."

Randy Newman

[rshrink]

Higher Primates have a cortex, like humans, (also a higher primate). Orangutans, Gorillas, Chimps, also whales, dolphins and porpoises. all have a third layer brain called the cortex or neocortex by some scientists. They are thinking creatures one could suppose as a result. For humans, the cortex is the executive functioning brain, the region of logic and abstraction. Perhaps it is similar for Orangs.