Update 3:25 p.m. Zoo penguin keeper Anthony Brown has been tweeting about the stolen monkey, Banana-Sam. He's not happy about the satirical Banana-Sam twitter account that has been set up.
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(Bay City News) San Francisco Zoo officials are asking for the public's help today after a monkey was stolen from an exhibit overnight.
This morning zoo staff discovered a 17-year-old male squirrel monkey, "Banana-Sam," was missing from an exhibit that had been breached by vandals, according to a statement released by the zoo.
Banana-Sam weighs approximately 2 pounds and is more than a foot tall, zoo officials said.