Watch: Chimpanzee Brings Down A Drone
09:13, UK, Tuesday 14 April 2015
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A chimpanzee has been caught on camera knocking a drone to the ground by swatting the aircraft with a stick.
The drone was sent into the skies above the chimpanzee enclosure at Royal Burgers' Zoo, in Arnhem, the Netherlands, to take footage for a TV programme.
The animal is seen perched on a branch as the drone approaches. It then lashes out with the stick and scores a direct hit.
The aircraft falls to the ground and the chimpanzee wanders over for a closer look.
The chimp used a stick to bring down the drone
Footage from the drone shows the chimp picking up the craft and turning it around in its hands.
A statement from the zoo said: "The intelligent primates immediately discovered the spying little plane and right away armed themselves with long sticks against this inquisitive electronic intruder.
"One of the chimpanzees was high up in a tree with a long branch.
"Apparently very calm and satisfied, half asleep in the morning sun, the primate let the drone make its curious images, until the drone got just a bit too close.
"Like a flash the chimpanzee struck out with the long stick she had held hidden behind her body.
"With a direct hit the animal knocked the drone to the ground, where the group of primates quickly overpowered the 'prey'."
Last year an angry ram in New Zealand slammed into a drone after it got too close to him.
The quadcopter is seen hovering in front of the animal, dubbed "Rambro".
But the ram then lowers his head and charges the drone, sending it tumbling into a nearby bush.