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Alexa, start barking: Smart 13-year-old girl saves herself and her sister from monkey attack in UP
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Alexa, start barking: Smart 13-year-old girl saves herself and her sister from monkey attack in UP

[ad_1] In a remarkable display of presence of mind, a 13-year-old girl from Basti, Uttar Pradesh, managed to fend off a potentially dangerous monkey attack using a rather unconventional method – Amazon's virtual voice assistant, Alexa. The incident took place earlier in the day at Awas Vikas Colony in Basti, when young Nikita found herself confronted with a monkey intruder while playing with her 15-month-old niece on the sofa. With other family members in different rooms of the house, Nikita sprang into action when the monkey began rummaging through the kitchen, causing chaos. Also read: Google to introduce new tool to identify unknown callers directly through the Pixel phone app Despite feeling scared, Nikita spotted the Alexa device placed on the fridge. In a split-second decision, ...