Published 06:44 IST, November 14th 2019
Monkey in China orders groceries online after stealing zookeeper's Phone
Monkey in China orders groceries online after stealing keeper's phone, the stealthy monkey was caught red-handed on the CCTV by her handler. Photo goes viral!
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Ordering groceries online has never been easier, even a monkey can do it. Well, a monkey in China actually did do it reportedly, when it stole the owner's mobile phone and ordered groceries online. Keeper Lv Mengmeng was surprised to see confirmation texts of an order she had never placed while working at the Yancheng Wild Animal World in Changzhou in eastern China.
Zookeeper perplexed but finds the humour in it
'Sneaky resident'
According to reports, a stealthy primate apparently managed to steal and use his keeper's cell phone to order groceries online. Lv Mengmeng was ordering daily necessities on her phone when she realized that she had not fed the monkey. This led her to leave her phone unattended in order to prepare the meal.
That was all the opportunity that the sneaky zoo resident needed, as when she came back to the office and checked her phone she was surprised to find confirmation messages for orders for items she had never intended to buy. Mengmeng could not even locate the items she has previously saved in her cart.
Culprit Caught!!
An obviously puzzled Mengmeng decided to check the CCTV footage in order to make head or tails of what happened. As it turns out, the culprit was right under her nose the whole time.
The monkey, who has grown up in her care was caught on tape sneaking up to the phone and fidgeting with it during his keeper's absence since Mengmeng frequently orders items online the monkey had no problems ordering items in its keeper's stead.
Mengmeng later told the local media that she did not cancel the orders placed by the monkey as they were all in fact items of necessity. As it turns out monkeys make smart shoppers!!
This is not the first such incident where an animal has shown an affinity for online shopping. Last year a parrot had ordered treats for itself from Amazon using Alexa
05:01 IST, November 14th 2019