An escaped spider monkey in a pink tutu was rescued on the side of a Missouri highway after running up to a sheriff’s deputy and tugging on his pant leg in search of help.

A monkey in a pink tutu that slipped out of a Missouri home was captured before a winter storm slammed the state.

The spider monkey, wearing what the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office described as a tutu, was found around 4 p.m. It had been staying at a nearby home and got outside after managing to open a door.

Sheriff's deputies in Missouri came to the rescue of a spider monkey wearing a pink tutu near a busy highway. The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office said on social media that deputies responded to the area of Highways 21 and M on "reports of a subject monkeying around.

Deputies in Missouri encountered a “bananas” situation when they came face to face with a nearly-naked suspect. But the suspect — a spider monkey dressed in a tutu — was no match for the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office.

Authorities in Missouri overcame a "bananas situation" last week related to a wandering spider monkey wearing ballet attire. The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office started receiving reports about the monkey near a local highway on Friday afternoon.

A pink tutu-wearing spider monkey escaped its Missouri home and caused a scene on a rural highway. Deputies successfully captured the primate after careful negotiations and safely reunited it with its family.

Deputies recovered an escaped spider monkey that was wearing a tutu. Deputies responded to a highway for reports of a monkey on the loose in Jefferson County, Missouri. When they arrived, they found the tutu-wearing spider monkey.