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Morning train commuters in Tokyo were joined on their way to work by an unusual companion Wednesday: a wild monkey.
A security guard spotted the monkey near ticket gates in Shibuya Station, said Norihiru Masui, a spokesman for train operator Tokyu Corp.
The monkey climbed to a perch high atop a departure board, and around 30 policemen surrounded the area and attempted to snare it with a variety of nets, as commuters crowded around and snapped pictures with their cell phones.
The standoff ended when the monkey climbed down and dashed out of the station, with several policeman and local TV crews in tow. News reports said the monkey was last seen heading in the direction of nearby Yoyogi Park.
The animal appeared to be a Japanese monkey, which are native to the country, and was about 27 inches (70 centimeters) long from head to the tip of the tail. No one was injured and no trains were delayed in the incident.
Japanese media have reported several monkey sightings in Tokyo recently, but it was unclear if they involved the same animal.
Monkeys have long made appearances in rural parts of Japan, where they have been known to damage crops, swipe food from grocery stalls and even bite humans. In recent years, growth in the monkey population has meant more frequent forays out of the forests and into farms and towns.
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The standoff ended when the monkey climbed down and dashed out of the station, with several policeman and local TV crews in tow. News reports said the monkey was last seen heading in the direction of nearby Yoyogi Park.
"That's one smart monkey..."
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#1 - Wed Aug 20, 2008 6:58 AM EDT{"commentId":2513240,"authorDomain":"Brad-Leclerc"}
That's hilariously awesome. RUN MONKEY, RUN!!!!
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- 4 votes
#2 - Wed Aug 20, 2008 8:19 AM EDT{"commentId":2513756,"authorDomain":"ostrichstealth"}
I heard from another source it actually belongs to a Chinese beggard, and the monkey's name is Hu Flung Poo.
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- 7 votes
#3 - Wed Aug 20, 2008 9:06 AM EDT{"commentId":2513964,"authorDomain":"nickwatts"}
I'm not sure this is really front page news, but I like it.
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#4 - Wed Aug 20, 2008 9:25 AM EDT{"commentId":2514206,"authorDomain":"pmags"}
I'm no bigot. But I hate monkeys. Nasty little critters.
In the wild they travel in troops, and the bigger the troop, the nastier they are. You inadvertently walk into their territory and they spit, pee, crap in their hands, and heave it all in your general direction. then they go off and pick fruit with the same hand they pooped in. Nasty.
Rodents with opposable thumbs, the lot of them.
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- 4 votes
#5 - Wed Aug 20, 2008 9:45 AM EDT{"commentId":2514659,"authorDomain":"ostrichstealth"}
magz,
that means they like you..... ;-p
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- 5 votes
{"commentId":2516191,"authorDomain":"pmags"}
pffft...
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- 2 votes
{"commentId":2517610,"authorDomain":"calbarran"}
In the wild they travel in troops, and the bigger the troop, the nastier they are. You inadvertently walk into their territory and they spit, pee, crap in their hands, and heave it all in your general direction. then they go off and pick fruit with the same hand they pooped in. Nasty.
I'm sorry but I LMAO when I read that. Those were some mean little monkeys.
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{"commentId":2519546,"authorDomain":"ViralMonkey"}
I'm no bigot. But I hate monkeys. Nasty little critters.
In the wild they travel in troops, and the bigger the troop, the nastier they are. You inadvertently walk into their territory and they spit, pee, crap in their hands, and heave it all in your general direction. then they go off and pick fruit with the same hand they pooped in. Nasty.
Rodents with opposable thumbs, the lot of them.
Look out MAGZ....I have a hand full of poop with your name on it!
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{"commentId":2520421,"authorDomain":"pmags"}
Viral, your avatar is a chimp, not a monkey. Wash your hands before eating anyway.
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{"commentId":2514524,"authorDomain":"jennifer-troupe"}
what fun!!
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#6 - Wed Aug 20, 2008 10:05 AM EDT{"commentId":2516032,"authorDomain":"smackcover"}
Very interesting in a strange-I'm-glad-I-don't-live-there-sort-of-way.
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#7 - Wed Aug 20, 2008 11:45 AM EDT{"commentId":2517053,"authorDomain":"mushrome"}
I am imagining the cops running all around with nets sounds like a great skit from the Benny Hill show.
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- 4 votes
#8 - Wed Aug 20, 2008 12:55 PM EDT{"commentId":2518050,"authorDomain":"tswelt"}
Oh my gosh I wish I was there, I would be laughing my butt off. Good for the monkey, I hope he keeps eluding everybody!
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#9 - Wed Aug 20, 2008 2:13 PM EDT{"commentId":2518448,"authorDomain":"hotlink"}
OMG, it's another Monkey on the run!
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#10 - Wed Aug 20, 2008 2:44 PM EDT{"commentId":2518744,"authorDomain":"terencesherbert1919"}
Karl Rove found in Japan, still thumbs nose at authority, eludes capture!
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#11 - Wed Aug 20, 2008 3:05 PM EDT{"commentId":2519148,"authorDomain":"cbcourtois"}
So this is allegedly a Japanese monkey! Emmmm....I wonder if this variety of monkey is less or more dangerous than others?
I am sure this monkey incident was eventful, not the least of which was how the monkey felt!
The Lonesome Traveler
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#12 - Wed Aug 20, 2008 3:43 PM EDT{"commentId":2519222,"authorDomain":"smackcover"}
So this is allegedly a Japanese monkey!
It was necessary to discern the monkey's nationality so as to know how to speak to him.... silly.
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- 1 vote
{"commentId":2519370,"authorDomain":"ViralMonkey"}
Hey, that's my nephew Eddie!!! A chip off the old block that Monkey!
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#13 - Wed Aug 20, 2008 3:59 PM EDT{"commentId":2522719,"authorDomain":"igorthetroll"}
the real news are not the monkey or the Keystone cops but how much of this story is all over the Internet in Mass Media and Social Media!
I hope Newsvine members are not just a bunch of Trolls and put two and two together to understand why this farce is being so widely perpetrated all over the Internetz!
Do not take the eye of the ball! Elections 2008 are around the corner!
Did you say Flying Pigs in Iran? Bin Laden in charge of a flock of Flying Pigs!
Do you have some more rumors and fairy tails to share? Let's spread some idiotic memes are and draw doo-doo on the walls with or own fesses, the locals will swallow it all up hook, line, and sinker! ;-)
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#14 - Wed Aug 20, 2008 9:31 PM EDT{"commentId":2525411,"authorDomain":"terencesherbert1919"}
Unkie Munkie, yew sed yew wuz gawn ta th' 'limpikz. Thayz in Chiner, not Jaypan! Git yer but home 'fore yew git 'resstid!
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#15 - Thu Aug 21, 2008 8:02 AM EDT{"commentId":2531977,"authorDomain":"srowell"}
I agree with Igor the Troll - what's the BFD??? Why is this news?
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#16 - Thu Aug 21, 2008 4:27 PM EDT{"commentId":2534584,"authorDomain":"mushrome"}
TO lighten the hearts and focus for a second on something other than the usual crap thats going on in the world. I bet Igor pops balloons at parties too.
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#17 - Thu Aug 21, 2008 7:13 PM EDT{"commentId":2541343,"authorDomain":"srowell"}
If I want to lighten my heart, etc., I'll read the comics or watch a comedy. This story made the cops look stupid and inept, the monkey didn't do anything to anybody, and there are alot of more important stories out there that need to be told. Life is hard and then you die. It can't be all flowers and birdsong all the time. If you dont' like reading about real stories, don't read the newspaper or watch the news. I'm sorry, but this was not news or even entertaining, in my opinion.
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#18 - Fri Aug 22, 2008 10:09 AM EDT{"commentId":2541656,"authorDomain":"igorthetroll"}
I love catching Trolls with my nic! They see "Trpll" in my nic and think they are family! lmao I think monkeys are much smarter than many humans!
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#19 - Fri Aug 22, 2008 10:35 AM EDT{"commentId":10405924,"authorDomain":"breelaboy"}
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