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Video: Cheeky chimp downs a drone by whacking it with a big stick

Published 13:55 14 Apr 2015 BST

Updated 14:05 14 Apr 2015 BST

Ben Kenyon
Video: Cheeky chimp downs a drone by whacking it with a big stick

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Planet of the Apes is upon us!

Head for the hills, baton down the hatches, the monkeys are taking over. Well, maybe. If they are, then this footage of a monkey swatting a drone out of the sky may be the start of the revolution. The zoo keepers were flying the camera 'copter into the chimpanzee enclosure at the Royal Burgers’ Zoo in the Netherlands for their YouTube channel. But one cheeky chimp was having none of it and manages to down the miniature aircraft with a large stick. I Luckily the GoPro camera survived the ape attack and gave us this great footage...   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_zw8h4epQM Watch out, they'll be coming for you clothes, your boots and your motorcycle next.

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Video: Cheeky chimp downs a drone by whacking it with a big stick