Blue-faced children upset monkeys

Children wearing blue face paint have been told to stay away from a zoo display after it was found they were scaring the monkeys.



Keepers at Twycross Zoo, Leics, were mystified by the reaction of some marmoset monkeys to certain visitors.

The small monkeys were upset and would sound warning calls without any apparent reason.

An observant zoo manager spotted the blue-faced children were causing the monkeys to react aggressively.

"All the other children with their faces painted have not caused any problems whatsoever," said zoo spokeswoman Kim Riley.