Rescuers in Brazil believe the monkey they captured is the famous monkey Chico, who went viral in June after being spotted sharpening a knife, washing clothes, and doing the dishes.
Authorities rescued the monkey and think it's the same animal that terrorised a neighbourhood where he was spotted sharpening knives.
The capuchin monkey was rescued from Serra Negra Farm, a rural area in Aroazes, Brazil last Friday (December 9).
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It comes after locals raised concerns about a monkey interacting with them who showed similar behaviours to the infamous monkey Chico.
Chico is a monkey who caused chaos in the city of Corrente, 530 miles away from Aroazes.
He is also reported to have been stealing people's clothes and was spotted washing dishes.
He was captured at the time and microchipped before being released back into the wild in a forest.
The rescue team took the monkey to Teresina Zoo and Botanical Park, where they have since been working on confirming his identity, The Daily Star reports.
The trained monkey is also receiving medical treatment from a team of veterinarians from the Brazilian Institute of the Environment and Renewable Natural Resources, reports Brazilian news agency Metrópoles.
On Saturday, December 10, veterinarians at the Wild Animal Screening Centre (CETAS) of the Zoobotanic Biopark of Teresina identified the number of the microchip on the monkey they captured.
With this number, they'll now be able to confirm whether the monkey really is Chico.
Staff at the Aroazes Department of the Environment, and locals believe that the monkey they've recently rescued is Chico.
The location where the monkey was found is close to where Chico was released earlier this year.
Veterinarian Alexandre Clark explained how the procedure is done, he told local news outlet G1: “It's simple, take the device - which is a microchip reader -, hold the animal and pass the device on its back, where the microchip was inserted between the shoulder blades. Then the reader will identify the number of the microchip.
"Now all you have to do is compare it with the number that is with IBAMA to identify him, see if he really is Chico."
In June 2022, a very smart capuchin monkey caught the attention of residents of Corrente, in southern Piauí, for entering homes and commercial establishments and taking food and other objects.
He was filmed with a knife in his hands, dragging it against a wall, as if he wanted to sharpen it.
The video soon went viral on social media, and Chico, as he became known in the city, was filmed hitting a cloth against the wall of another house, as if he were washing clothes.
The Brazilian Institute of Environment and Water Resources is expected to confirm the monkey's identity but has not announced the results yet.
If the monkey is not Chico then it may be able to go through the rehabilitation process and be returned to the wild.
But if authorities discover that they have been called to capture troublesome Chico for a second time, then biologists will have to evaluate whether it would be better to have him adopted.
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