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Lemur eludes law enforcement before throwing in the towel
US law enforcement is familiar with pursuing much more dangerous escapees but there was one guy in stripes this week who gave officers the run-around, then ultimately came quietly.
“We see the tail,” a cop called as he gave chase through the darkness of a public park equipped only with a large towel.
Bounding ahead of him and a colleague was a lemur. Police body-camera video shows two officers attempting to nab the speedy little primate, which had made a dash for freedom in Springfield, Missouri.
The lemur glanced back, all wide eyes and fluffy ears, then swished its distinctive black-and-white banded tail and dashed away again, sprinting and weaving through a parking lot, down a sidewalk, across grass and around trees. ..............(more)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/15/lemur-eludes-law-enforcement-before-throwing-in-the-towel