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Chimpanzee monkeys around in Kharkiv before capture & return to zoo

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A chimpanzee escaped from a zoo in Kharkiv on Monday. The primate was seen leisurely roaming around the city's central Svobody Square. Thanks in part to the intervention of rain, a keeper was eventually able to recapture the chimp and return it to the facility - but it took some time. After at least one failed maneuver, an ape evidently not enthralled by the prospect of drenching was enticed into donning the keeper's jacket - and engaging in a hug that proved its downfall. The pair returned to the zoo on a bicycle.