--- description: Tushi the chimpanzee swats drone with a stick at Royal Burgers Zoo in Arnhem The Netherlands title: Watch a Chimp Smack Down a Drone Like It's No Big Deal image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch a Chimp Smack Down a Drone Like It's No Big Deal  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Apr 14, 2015 7:07 PM CUT  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Apr 14, 2015 7:07 PM CUT While perched in a tree, a 23-year-old chimpanzee named Tushi smacked a drone with a stick, sending it spiraling to ground last Friday morning at the Royal Burgers’ Zoo in Arnhem, a city in the Netherlands. The national television program Burgers’ Zoo Natuurlijk was planning to use the footage, according to a blog post on the [zoo’s website](http://www.burgerszoo.com/nieuws/chimpanzees-pull-drone-out-of-the-air-and-film-each-other!/ "undefined"). A spokesperson [told the Associated Press](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU%5FODD%5FNETHERLANDS%5FCHIMP%5FDRONE%5FBUSTER?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT "undefined") that the drone cost about $2,100, but the money does not seem to matter to zoo officials. They are more excited to talk about how this act of destruction proves “how intelligent” the primates are. Talk about monkey business. ### 10 Puppies That Look Even More Adorable Underwater  Pringles & Pickme Seth Casteel  Monty Seth Casteel  Popsicle Seth Casteel  Ginger Seth Casteel  Ruger Seth Casteel  Rolley Seth Casteel  Iggy Seth Casteel  Reason Seth Casteel  Corey Seth Casteel ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3821509/chimp-drone/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3821509/chimp-drone/"},"headline":"Watch a Chimp Smack Down a Drone Like It's No Big Deal","datePublished":"2015-04-14T19:07:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:47:44.815Z","description":"Maybe she was lashing out against \"dronies\"","url":"https://time.com/3821509/chimp-drone/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3821509/chimp-drone/","name":"Watch a Chimp Smack Down a Drone Like It's No Big Deal"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Meet Boo. Is This the Internet's Cutest Dog?","description":"Boo, a five-year-old Pomeranian with over 1.6 million followers on Facebook, has just released his first book","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/6qldqUSm/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2011-09-12T16:19:33.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/6qldqUSm.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3821509/chimp-drone/","duration":"PT1M34S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3821509/chimp-drone/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```