Thieves appropriate monkey from Calif. zoo

(CNN) — Concern was flourishing Saturday for a gratification of a much-loved masculine squirrel gorilla stolen from an enclosing during San Francisco Zoo in California.

Zoo workers detected a burglary Friday morning, when they found a behind fringe embankment had been breached and dual holes cut in a filigree blockade of a squirrel gorilla exhibit.

The blank monkey, famous as Banana-Sam to his keepers, is 17 years old, over 12 inches high and weighs about 2 lbs.

But his keepers advise that while he looks unequivocally cute, he is not a pet — and can broach a nasty nip.

“He has intensely pointy teeth and will unequivocally punch if provoked, that can means infections right away,” a zoo said.

Primate curator Corinne MacDonald told CNN associate KTVU she was unequivocally disturbed about Banana-Sam’s well-being.

“Stress can indeed kill a gorilla that small,” she said. “They are rarely amicable animals and should not be alone, and he’s got cage-mates here that he’s lived with roughly all his life that are his friends, so to speak, that he needs to be with.”

The gorilla needs a specialized diet to stay healthy and is sincerely aged for his species, creation him some-more vulnerable, a zoo says.

Police are questioning a theft, though notice cameras during a zoo did not constraint it on film.

What encouraged a thieves to appropriate a gorilla is not clear. While common squirrel monkeys are not endangered, they can be found during pet trade markets — that is bootleg in California, a zoo says — or medical investigate institutions.

“I only wish a animal back. we don’t unequivocally caring because they did it,” MacDonald said.

An different chairman was discerning to set adult a feign Twitter comment in Banana-Sam’s name, following in a trail of a cobra that transient during New York’s Bronx Zoo in March. The snake’s ridicule Twitter account, with humorous tweets on a ostensible locale in New York City, quickly captivated a vast online following.

Under a hoop @SF_BananaSam, a “monkey” is now tweeting his approach turn San Francisco.

“Went to gorilla bars in Golden Gate Park playground, left disappointed. #nobananadaiquiri” one post reads.

Another says: “I’m a funny-looking vegan who ran divided from home and who people follow on Twitter. IN other words, A NORMAL SAN FRANCISCAN.”

Anyone with information on Banana-Sam’s locale is urged to call San Francisco police.

CNN’s Leslie Tripp contributed to this report.