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Police in London are optimistic that the thieves behind an audacious recent heist will have a harder job than usual concealing the loot.
They've appealed to the public to keep their eyes peeled for the unconventional stolen goods -- a small zoo's worth of stuffed animals, including a chimpanzee in a top hat and necktie.
The 18 stuffed animals, worth about £100,000 ($142,000), were taken in a burglary at a taxidermy warehouse in the London borough of Wandsworth last week, the Metropolitan Police said in a statement.
The stolen items included lions, a giraffe, a zebra, a sloth, a crocodile, a rhinoceros, a baboon and a king penguin. Antiques, including a globe, were also taken, police said.
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What on Earth possessed them to steal a stuffed giraffe and a chimp in a top hat?
They're hardly going to be able to shift that lot on Ebay, are they?
One for Inspector Clouseau, I think.
CNN