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    Nicholas Goldberg: Shakespeare, mathematics and the monkey who called 911

    Have you heard about the monkey who called 911? Two weeks ago the San Luis Obispo County sheriff's office received a 911 call, but there was no voice on the other end. Baffled, deputies were dispatched to the source — a local zoo — to hunt down the caller, but they found no humans in distress. Instead they realized that a capuchin monkey named Route had grabbed a mislaid cellphone and randomly ...
    by Nicholas Goldberg, Los Angeles Times Aug 26, 2022 4 minutes
    Route, a Capuchin monkey at the Zoo to You near Paso Robles in San Luis Obispo County, California, accidentally dialed 911..

    Have you heard about the monkey who called 911?

    Two weeks ago the San Luis Obispo County sheriff's office received a 911 call, but there was no voice on the other end. Baffled, deputies were dispatched to the source — a local zoo — to hunt down the caller, but they found no humans in distress. Instead they realized that a capuchin monkey named Route had grabbed a mislaid cellphone and randomly banged at the keypad until she called the emergency number.

    Everyone laughed it off. The news stories said things such as "that's bananas" and dismissed it as

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