>>
>> ALL
>> ALL RIGHT, THANKS. >>> LAST NIGHT'S STORM BROUGHT
A LOT OF RAIN, AND DUST, AND
POWER OUTAGES.
POWER OUTAGES. A TWEET ABOUT THE MONSOON BY
PEDRO GOMEZ WENT VIRAL IN THE
PROCESS.
PROCESS.
PROCESS. >> THIS IS REALLY FUNNY.
PEDRO TWEETED ABOUT THE LIGHTS
GOING OUT DURING THAT STORM,
AND WHAT HAPPENED NEXT WAS
HILARIOUS.
HILARIOUS. >> PEDRO TWEETED OUT, RANGERS
AND D'BACKS DELAYED BECAUSE A
BABOON WENT THROUGH TOWN,
OVERLOADED THE GRID AND KNOCKED
SOME LIGHTS OUT.
CLEARLY, THIS WAS SPELL CHECK
OR SOMETHING, OR AUTO CORRECT.
THE WORD BABOON WAS SUPPOSED TO
BE HABOOB.
BE HABOOB. >> GET THIS, THE PHOENIX ZOO
RESPONDED WITH A PICTURE OF ONE
OF THEIR ACTUAL BABOONS,
SAYING, WASN'T US, FAM.
FOLLOWED BY THIS TWEET SAYING
CAN CONFIRM, OUR BABOONS ARE
SAFE AND ACCOUNTED FOR.
HASHTAG HABOOB.
HASHTAG HABOOB. >> OF COURSE THE D'BACKS
DECIDED TO GET IN ON ALL THE
FUN, RESPONDING WITH THIS
TWEET, THOSE CRAZY ARIZONA
BABOONS.
BABOONS.
BABOONS. PEDRO RESPONDED, THE D'BACKS
SHOULD SIGN THE BABOON, LOOKS
LIKE HE HAD A POWER ARM.
>> THE D'BACKS RESPONDED WITH,
WE'LL HAVE TO SEE IF WE HAVE
ENOUGH BANANAS IN THE BUDGET.
IN THE 9th, THE D'BACKS TWEETED
THIS PICTURE OF A BABOON WITH A
D'BACKS HAT ON.
HASHTAG, RALLY BABOON.
>> WHAT BETTER WAY TO SORT
THROUGH ALL OF THIS, THAN TO
TALK WITH THE MAN HIMSELF WHO
TREATED ABOUT THE BABOON.
>> JOINING US LIVE FROM THE
PHOENIX ZOO WITH PEDRO GOMEZ
HIMSELF.
HIMSELF.
HIMSELF. >> Reporter: CORRECTION, IT'S
PEDRO BABOON GOMEZ.
>> IT IS FROM NOW ON.
I THINK THAT'S GOES -- GOING
TO STICK.
TO STICK.
TO STICK. >> Reporter: IT REALLY DID GET
OUT.
OUT.
OUT. THEY'RE SAYING IT DIDN'T
ESCAPE.
ESCAPE.
ESCAPE. >> NO, I'M NOT BUYING THAT AT
ALL.
ALL.
ALL. THEY
ALL. THEY RECAPTURED IT, BUT THAT
WAS THEIRS.
WAS THEIRS. >> Reporter: WE ALL KNOW AUTO
CORRECT, WHEN YOU TYPE HABOOB,
CLEARLY, IT CORRECTS TO BABOON.
DID YOU KNOW THIS WAS GOING ON?
>> ABSOLUTELY NOT, AND
OBVIOUSLY, THE iPHONE DOESN'T
RECOGNIZE THE WORD HABOOB.
I TYPED IN WHAT I THOUGHT WAS
HABOOB, AND JUST LET IT GO.
10 MINUTES LATER, I CHECKED MY
FOUNTAIN AGAIN, AND IT'S JUST A
MOUNTAIN OF MESSAGES TO ME
SAYING, OH, MY GOD, THIS IS THE
FUNNIEST THING YOU'VE EVER
SEEN.
SEEN.
SEEN. YOU'VE WON TWITTER FOR THE
NIGHT.
NIGHT.
NIGHT. >>
NIGHT. >> Reporter: BABOONS ARE THE
TOPIC FOR RIGHT NOW.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU KNOW
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A BABOON
AND A HABOOB.
NUMBER 1, READY FOR THIS?
>> NO, I DIDN'T KNOW THERE WAS
GOING TO BE A TEST.
>> Reporter: THIS FEEDS ON
WIND, HEAT, AND HUMIDITY, AND
IT POOPS DUST.
>> HABOOB.
>> HABOOB. >> Reporter: THIS HIBERNATES 10
MONTHS OF THE YEAR.
>> I'M GOING TO GUESS ONE OF
THESE GUYS, A BABOON.
>> Reporter: YOU'RE WRONG,
SUMMERTIME, HABOOBS.
SUMMERTIME, HABOOBS. THESE LIKE TO TRAVEL IN TROOPS.
>> BABOONS.
>> BABOONS. >> Reporter: CORRECT.
IF WATER IS SCARCE, THEY CAN
SURVIVE BY LICKING CONDENSATION
OFF THEIR FUR.
>> BABOON I HOME.
>> Reporter: YOU'RE RIGHT.
THIS HAS ABOUT 30 DIFFERENT
SOUNDS.
SOUNDS.
SOUNDS. >> BABOON?
>> BABOON? >> Reporter: YOU'RE RIGHT.
LAST ONE, THIS CAN CLIMB AS
MUCH AS 6,000 FEET.
>> HABOOB.
>> HABOOB. >> Reporter: 5 OUT OF 6
CORRECT.
CORRECT.
CORRECT. I'M STILL SURPRISED AT THAT ONE
WRONG.
WRONG.
WRONG. >>
WRONG. >> IT'S BETTER TO BE KNOWN FOR
SOMETHING THAN NOTHING.
>> Reporter: I JUST HOPE YOU
TURN YOUR PHONE ON SILENTS.
PEDRO, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US.
JOINING US. >> MY ABSOLUTE PLEASURE.
>> GET BACK TO TWEETING,
BECAUSE YOUR TWEETS ARE GOLD
NOW.
NOW.
NOW. LET'S SEND IT BACK TO