The Associated Press reports the return of a monkey, on its own accord, after its escape from the San Diego Zoo Friday.

Takala, a golden-bellied mangabey, got out of the new monkey exhibit but he was found less than an hour later, waiting to get back inside.

According to zookeepers, they were searching for Takala, when they opened an outside door to the monkey exhibit and he walked right in - visitors were kept away from the area during the search.

Reports state that Takala escaped through a hole in the netting around the enclosure. Zoo officials are investigated whether Takala actually made the hole or just found it.

The $28 million Monkey Trails and Forest Tales exhibit opened this month and has been promoted by the zoo as a more natural and visitor-friendly setting than its original monkey habitat.