Two monkeys delayed the departure of a cargo ship from Chennai by two days. The monkeys virtually played hide and seek with the ship crew and wildlife personnel.
Wildlife officials said they received a call from Chennai Port on Friday morning stating that two monkeys had entered a ship that was to depart from the port on Friday night. A team of monkey catchers, led by range officer Mohan, went to the port and conducted searches in the ship. However, the simians could not be traced.
“Our team searched the whole vessel from morning till evening and the monkeys could not be traced,” he said.
On Saturday morning, the ship left Chennai port for Singapore. When she was nearing the Ennore port, the crew saw one of the monkeys onboard.
Following this, the vessel was berthed at Ennore port and wildlife officials were alerted. Monkey catchers searched the vessel on Saturday and Sunday. But they could not trace the monkeys.
On Monday morning, the ship resumed her journey, probably carrying the monkeys
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