Friday, July 04, 2008
A monkey walks into an hotel in Tenerife
Photo: pete4ducksAn hotel employee in Playa de las Américas, on the south of Tenerife, found an unaccompanied monkey yesterday, loitering around one of the apartments belonging to the installation.
The Campbell's Monkey (Cercophitecus Campbelli) 
probably felt right at home, visiting the purpose-built holiday resort - with sand imported from Africa - from it's native habitat west Africa. Nevertheless, customs have been alerted, in case the animal is an illegal immigrant has been imported illegally. (Maybe it came by boat, as the Campbell's monkey has cheek pouches to store food in while it travels.)
We know the island's authorities are always looking to promote Tenerife to new tourism markets, but somehow, we thought they meant humans. Then again, we sometimes wonder from the behaviour of some visitors ...
The real animal is staying at a local zoo, because its owners have not been found, as it does not have a microchip. It is said to be in good health.
Distantly related: A Chimp walks into a bar in Tenerife
So the monkey pictured is actually in Thailand, not Tenerife. That didn't seem to matter when locating a theme park on this island, so we figured the monkey won't mind either!
