Down by the Seine the rats headed for higher ground as the floodwaters moved through:
Travel+Leisure says "
It's like "Ratatouille" but less whimsical."
Meanwhile, a few miles upriver, the baboons made a break for it. From the Daily Mail:
Paris zoo is evacuated after 52 baboons escape their enclosure
- Fifty-two of the primates got out of Paris's main zoo today, forcing it to be closed
- Worker at the attraction in the Vincennes area spotted the breakout this morning
- Since the initial escape, most of the primates have been caught - except for four
The biggest zoo in
Paris went into lockdown today after around 52 ‘large and potentially very aggressive baboons’ escaped from their enclosures.
All
were seen running amok in the French capital’s Zoological Park, in the
Vincennes woods, soon after midday, but it is thought just four remain
on the loose after 48 of them were recaptured.
‘It’s
not known how they got out, but everything is being done to try and get
them under control,’ said a source at the zoo, which opened in 1934.
‘The whole area has been shut down, with only trained professionals involved in the security operation....
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