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April 27, 2009

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Why does that monkey have a gun?

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She wasn’t an animal activist; she’d joined the society for her boyfriend. She didn’t mind holding protest signs or handing out flyers on campus, but she was completely against his idea of breaking into the lab and releasing research animals.

He talked her into it eventually.

One night, they forced their way into the animal research facility.

They only opened half the cages before the alarms went off. He’d brought a Glock “for protection”, and it fell from his waistband as they fled.

Specimen #8, a trained bonobo, grabbed the weapon and returned to his cage.

Now he would wait.

Posted by: Tony at April 27, 2009 9:55 AM · Permalink

He didn’t want to be standing there with a pistol aimed at the driver, a busload of passengers quivering and whining. He was an alpha male. It was the only way to feed his tribe. A replay of chimps gone wild on Animal Planet wouldn’t do. Not again. Not after what happened to his cousin, Benny. No. It was the economy after all. He blamed the economy for his current predicament. A stick up was the only way. It could end civilly if the tourists didn’t try something stupid. It was really quite simple: They had bananas; he needed bananas.

Posted by: Lon S. Cohen at April 27, 2009 11:17 AM · Permalink

Superintendent Pawar says “Saab, I’m very sorry for your loss. If you want, we can take care of that animal.”

Raghavan replies “You know, I found Johnny when I was with the Kerala forest department. He really liked us. Especially Sandhya.” His voice fades. He abruptly gets up and says “Sir, I’ll take your leave.”

They shake hands and Raghavan walks out. Pawar sighs and mutters “Motherfuck, what is this world coming to? Pet monkey shoots the wife. What next, god?”

Raghavan walks to his car. His lips reveal a hint of smile. Damn – the hours spent training that little monkey paid off.

Posted by: Kunal at April 28, 2009 6:38 AM · Permalink