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Camera-shy chimpanzee swats drone from the sky

A chimpanzee at a zoo in the Netherlands took offence to being filmed and swatted a drone from the sky that was being used to collect footage of apes for a television show.

Chimp at Dutch zoo uses stick to destroy drone during TV filming

Chimpanzee attacks drone

9 years ago
Duration 1:03
A Go-Pro camera captures the moment a chimpanzee uses a stick to destroy a drone flying around an ape enclosure at the Burger Zoo in the Netherlands. The drone was destroyed

A chimpanzeeat a zooin the Netherlands took offence to being filmed and swatted a drone from the sky that was being used to collect footage of apes for a television show.

A GoPro camera attached to the drone captured video of one chimp inside anape enclosure at the KoninklijkeBurgers' Zoo in Arnhemusing a stick to knock the drone down.

The chimp spentsome time examiningthe drone as it lay on the groundbefore walking away. The dronedid not survive the ape assault intact.

Watch the full video above.