Escaped Chimp Makes High Wire Get Away In Japan

Cha Cha did the electric slide.

A chimp named Cha Cha escaped from a zoo in Sendai, Japan on Thursday afternoon, and led authorities on a two-hour chase that ended in the animal being shot down from a powerline with a tranquilizer gun.

Employees at Yagiyama Zoological Park discovered Cha Cha’s cage was vacant at 1:20 p.m. local time, according to Japan Times.

Nearly two hours later, Cha Cha was spotted running across electrical wires in a residential neighborhood.

The two-hour ordeal ended in shocking fashion when authorities shot the chimp with a tranquilizer gun.

At one point, the animal was near an elementary school, trapping more than 400 students inside the building after final classes were dismissed.

“When I saw (the chimpanzee) on television, it was quite big, so we thought it was dangerous to let the children out,” school Vice Principal Takashi Yamaguchi said.

The zoo does not know how Cha Cha escaped, but police are investigating.

Where's Caesar when you need him ……….

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