Its Official - Monkeys Can do A-Levels | ZSL London Zoo

London, England, United Kingdom, August 20, 2009 --(PR.com)-- After a survey of sixth-form teachers, in which the annual debate about slipping exam standards continued, one director of A-levels was reported to have told researchers: "You could train a monkey to do the questions today."

Zookeepers gave the inquisitive primates an A-Level revision guide with their breakfast this morning after reading teachers’ comments that “even monkeys can get A-Levels”.

ZookeeperTony Cholerton said: “Monkeys enjoyed investigating the book but they were more interested in their food.”

Adding: “Perhaps they have the attention span to sit an A-Level but they are certainly very clever – they would definitely get an A* for mischief!”

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ZSL London Zoo's revolutionary enclosure is the result of extensive research into what visitors really want from a modern zoo, and allows them to actually get in with the monkeys and observe them in their natural habitat.

The enclosure covers an area of 1500m² and has been built to house a breeding group of black-capped squirrel monkeys in a habitat designed to recreate the Bolivian rainforests as closely as possible in the centre of London. The walk-through is open to the skies of the capital with no boundaries between the animals and visitors.

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