Watch police try – and repeatedly fail – to catch the speedster.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Bounding through a darkened city park, a lemur managed to stay one step ahead of police officers armed only with a large towel.shows the two officers’ attempts to nab the speedy little primate, which made a dash for freedom Tuesday in Springfield, Missouri.Not giving up easily, the lemur raises its distinctive black-and-white banded tail and dashes away. It sprints and weaves through a parking lot, down a sidewalk, across grass and around trees.
Finally, another officer is able to grab the lemur and hold it still as his partner gently gets it “snuggled up” in the towel, the Springfield Police Department said in
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