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The good people at Videogum had this clip from Fox News' coverage yesterday of the Woodland Park Zoo's monkey on the lam:

NWCN just tweeted that a DeBrazza monkey has escaped and Woodland Park Zoo is in lockdown while its recovery is in progress. No word on the sex, but if it is a male escapee, it'll have a bright blue scrotum, which may aid in spotting it. Seriously. That is an Animal Fact! [UPDATE: The monkey has been caught. Lockdown is over. Please return to your normal daily routines. The Zoo says, "The animal had been at the zoo since May 2008, but was just being introduced for the first time to its outdoor exhibit this week, located in the zoo’s award-winning Tropical Rain Forest. It was his second day in the exhibit. We’ve returned the animal to its behind-the-scenes holding area until further notice. This will allow us to assess the exhibit and make any necessary modifications."]

Since we've covered the rest of this story, Seattlest would feel hardly right ignoring the poor monkey's death sentence. As reported on the rounds of tonight's local news, the macaque monkey who bit three people in Spokane will be euthanized. The city of Spokane has determined there is no other way to be certain the monkey, Chico, is rabies-free.

In other Washington State primate news....a Spokane family's illegal pet monkey, escaped from their home Thursday and went on a biting rampage. A group of friends walking their dog first noticed the monkey running down the street.