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UK Air Force Team Adopts Monkey

The aerobatic team of the Royal Air Force (RAF) has adopted a red 
monkey after their jets scared animals at a zoo.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cornwall/2986445.stm

Lemur monkeys at Newquay Zoo high-tailed it to the trees when nine of 
the Red Arrows' Hawk aircraft roared overhead at about 1,000 feet.

The monkeys, which had been allowed to roam free range, had to be 
persuaded down from the trees.

Zoo director Mike Thomas, said: "I telephoned St Mawgan and they said 
they were terribly sorry."

Three of the the Red Arrows pilots called in to the zoo to "adopt" 
one of the lemurs.

Mr Thomas, said: "It will be one of the females which, appropriately, are 
red."

A St Mawgan base spokesman said the monkey was to be given its own 
team call sign of "Red 12".