Topic: Gorilla in Zoo steals DS

http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local-beat/San-Francisco-Goril...

A little boy learned a valuable lesson during his visit to the San Francisco Zoo: Keep a hold of your things.

The child dropped his Ninendo DS into the gorilla exhibit last week. The gorilla, a big guy named Bawang, snapped it up and appeared to play.

"The gorilla was very interested in his prized new find," Christina Spicuzza, a witness, wrote on her blog.

Soon, a baby gorilla named Hansai came to play, too, and both gorillas puzzled over the small red console. Bawang played keep-away from Hansai, then put the DS in his mouth and started to walk away.

Spicuzza took photographs and a short video, which she posted to her blog.

In the end, the child -- who remains anonymous -- got his game back. A zoo trainer came lured the animal to the side and traded the game for a shiny red apple.

"(The trainer) told us they trained them to do that," Spicuzza told MSNBC. "If anything falls in there, they are trained that they get a reward if they throw it back."

The DS console had a little slobber on it, but worked just fine.

This has been in the DS section for a few days now. It's still pretty freakin' funny.

So DSXL is gorilla proof? They should really state that in the specs...

I'd personally rather have a system that has shoulder buttons that still work after a year than a system that's gorilla-proof.

Please feel free to add your thoughts about the DS-playing gorilla to this thread already in progress. :3