SANTA ANA, Calif. -- A man who claimed to be Tarzan has been arrested after he allegedly climbed a tree and tried to get into the monkey exhibit at a Southern California zoo. A zookeeper called 911 Tuesday morning to report a shirtless man plastered in mud had climbed about 20 feet into a tree at the bird exhibit at the Santa Ana Zoo. Police Cpl. Anthony Bertagna said the man, who apparently was high on methamphetamine, claimed he was Tarzan and tried to crawl into a monkey exhibit.
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