And now for something weird...

nsaspook

Joined Aug 27, 2009
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5316817/Paris-zoo-evacuated-baboons-escape-enclosure.html
The biggest zoo in Paris went into lockdown today after around 52 ‘large and potentially very aggressive baboons’ escaped from their enclosures.

All were seen running amok in the French capital’s Zoological Park, in the Vincennes woods, soon after midday, but it is thought just four remain on the loose after 48 of them were recaptured.

‘It’s not known how they got out, but everything is being done to try and get them under control,’ said a source at the zoo, which opened in 1934.
Time for those French monkeys to surrender.
"Rendez-vous, singes mangeurs de fromage"
 
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cmartinez

Joined Jan 17, 2007
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Not again.
There are nine movies about the Planet of the Apes
  • Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
  • Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
  • Planet of the Apes (1968)
  • Planet of the Apes (2001)
  • Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)
  • Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)
  • Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)
  • Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973)
  • Planet of the Apes (1974)
 

cmartinez

Joined Jan 17, 2007
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On a more serious note, the inhabitants of Cape Town are going through an extreme drought:

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-42836560

Residents in the South African city of Cape Town have been warned to "save water as if your life depends on it" to avoid the supply being shut off.

A severe drought has forced the city's municipality to limit consumption to 50 litres (11 gallons) per person per day.
I remember here in Monterrey, in the early 1980's we suffered a similar (though not as extreme) situation in which water in the city's system was being pumped for only a couple of hours a day.
 
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