Texas Woman Jumps Into Spider Monkey Exhibit At El Paso Zoo To Feed Animals Hot Cheetos
A Texas woman is being called “stupid and lucky” after illegally jumping into a spider monkey exhibit at the El Paso Zoo to feed the animals Hot Cheetos — which put her at risk of being attacked, contracting/transmitting COVID-19, and upsetting the animals’ stomachs and digestive systems.
Joe Montisano, the zoo’s director, says that last weekend, the “stupid and lucky” woman, whose identity has not been publicly shared, hopped a barrier at the zoo so she could hand-feed some spicy snacks to two primates, named Libby and Sunday, who fortunately did not harm the woman.
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Video footage, which was shared to the Real Fit Fam El Paso Instagram account, shows the woman throwing Hot Cheetos at the animals while standing beside a waterfall inside the enclosure. Reminding about the dangers the woman put herself in, zookeeper Mason Kleist says, “These are primates we’re talking about. They could do some substantial damage to you. They may be small monkeys, but they can take you to the ground if they wanted to.”
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