Orangutan Loosens Bolts, Escapes Cage

A 127-pound orangutan escaped from its cage by unscrewing four large bolts.

Visitors at the Kansas City Zoo’s Great Ape House screamed, but no one was hurt during the animal’s brief dash to freedom Wednesday, zoo officials said.

“You’ve got all these women pushing kids in strollers trying to get out of there,” said Beth Cooper, who was in the building with her husband and two toddlers. “It was kind of funny.”

The zoo’s public relations director, Jori Glazer, said no one was injured and the female orangutan, named Cheyenne, was only out of her glass cage about 20 minutes.