Weird But True

A German zoo has hired a clown to stop its monkeys getting bored. Berlin Zoo bosses got local entertainer Christina Peter to act the fool after vets said the chimps, baboons, gorillas and orang-utans in zoo cages were more often sick or aggressive when they grew bored.

Christina said she keeps the animals amused by making games and puzzles for them, using footballs, plastic bags, cardboard boxes or blocks of wood among other things. She said: 'And they seem to be enjoying it. They go wild when they see me coming because they know they're going to have some fun.'

The clown pictured here is not Christina Peter and the monkey is not a real monkey.

(via Nothing To Do With Arbroath)