SHANGRALA'S
LONGLEAT'S
MONKEY
SHINES!
Longleat, the country seat of the Marquesses of Bath, was the first stately home
open to the public. Its safari park opened in 1966 and claims to be the first
such attraction outside Africa.
There are 22 species of macaque monkeys and they are the most widespread primates in the world. They can be found from Japan to Afghanistan, as well as North Africa. A troop of monkeys at Longleat Safari Park was given a battered old Mercedes to play with and they quickly set about dismantling it. The meddling macaques haven't had any cars to abuse for the past two years because their Monkey Jungle enclosure has been closed to the public while it was redeveloped. So the staff thought they'd give the park's notoriously cheeky residents a treat before the grand re-opening. |