"King-craig Kong: The Great Escape and Highland Capture of a Mischievous Monkey"
TL;DR
A Japanese macaque named Honshu escaped from a Scottish wildlife park, sparking a wave of online memes and AI-generated images, including ones depicting the monkey fleeing from police and as the new manager of Aberdeen FC. Dubbed "King-craig Kong" by some, Honshu was captured after five days on the run and is set to be reintroduced to his troop following a health check. Various businesses and social media users joined in on the fun, creating and sharing images of the escaped monkey.
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- King-craig Kong: Escaped monkey takes over the internet BBC.com
- Monkey Who Escaped in Scotland is Captured The New York Times
- Monkey settling back into life at wildlife park after five-day escape The Independent
- Missing monkey trapped by yorkshire pudding in Scotland The Guardian
- Watch: Kingussie Kong's Highland escape is ended by a Yorkshire pud – and missing his friends The Telegraph
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