GREENVILLE, S.C. — Officials say an orangutan named Kumar briefly got out of a South Carolina zoo exhibit and then went back inside.
News outlets report that Kumar escaped the Greenville Zoo on Monday.
Zoo Administrator Jeff Bullock said Kumar escaped as contractors were working on his enclosure and repairing the mesh panels.
City Manager John Castile told The Greenville News that Kumar had a lot of time on his hands and figured out that the netting wasn't properly secured. Castile says he got out of the exhibit for a short period of time and went back inside the exhibit.
Kumar arrived at the zoo in November 2016. He's one of the zoo's two Sumatran orangutans.
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