Man in gorilla suit shot with tranquilliser dart at Tenerife zoo

[BlueStateSaint]

This is here because . . . oh well.  An effin' employee in a gorilla suit shot with a tranquilizer gun at a zoo????

Man in gorilla suit shot with tranquilliser dart at Tenerife zoo


UPDATE: Zoo says man shot with tranquilliser dart at Tenerife zoo was not wearing gorilla suit  (Muddy's note--if this is indeed the case, it's a lot worse.  How the deuce can you shoot at a guy that's not in a gorilla suit?)

Frantic zoo keepers in Tenerife rushed to call an ambulance after a vet shot a tranquilliser dart at a man dressed as a gorilla.

Police on the Spanish island received a call from a panicked member of the public, who said that a gorilla had escaped from its pen in Loro Park zoo, and was seen running around the theme park.

A vet was called, and on spotting the creature fired a tranquilliser dart at its leg with enough sedative to fell a 200kg beast.

But to his horror, the vet - who had only been in the job for two months - realised that the creature was in fact an employee of the zoo, dressed in a gorilla suit, who was staging a mock escape to practise their emergency routines.

(Hint:  They work!)

The last two paragraphs of this are here:  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/spain/10878041/Man-in-gorilla-suit-shot-with-tranquilliser-dart-at-Tenerife-zoo.html

I know of a few 'individuals' I'd like to shoot up with a tranquilizer gun . . .

[Chris_]

Definitely Lounge material.

[BlueStateSaint]

Definitely Lounge material.

Wasn't sure.  I mean, how stupid do you have to be to not read a memo about a tracking drill?