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Strike two for fire alarm-pulling ape

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DES MOINES, Iowa, Nov. 16 (UPI) -- A 20-year-old ape who made headlines last month by pulling a fire alarm at an Iowa research center has done it again.

Al Setka, a spokesman for the Great Ape Trust told the Des Moines (Iowa) Register that Panbanisha indicated on an electronic symbol board she wanted outside Wednesday morning, but staff were busy.

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Re-enacting the stunt that gained her fame last month, the bonobo then pulled the fire alarm.

While researchers said last month they would install protective coverings on the fire alarms apes can reach, that hadn't apparently happened, but Setka said the work began Wednesday after the false alarm excitement had abated.

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