Rye Miles #13621 Posted November 8 Share Posted November 8 (edited) I know chimpanzees can be pretty mean and also very strong I don't know about these guys though. Beware!!! https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/forty-monkeys-escape-from-alpha-genesis-research-facility-in-south-carolina/ar-AA1tGBnz Edited November 8 by Rye Miles #13621 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Snorter Posted November 8 Share Posted November 8 12 Monkeys! 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted November 8 Share Posted November 8 1 hour ago, Rip Snorter said: 12 Monkeys! My thought also. Saw somewhere, "They were too young to have been used in an experiment". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rip Snorter Posted November 8 Share Posted November 8 2 minutes ago, Cypress Sun said: My thought also. Saw somewhere, "They were too young to have been used in an experiment". Based on media truthfulness the last few years, I can only hope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chantry Posted November 8 Share Posted November 8 And here I thought this thread was going to be about politicians! (Of both parties) 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badlands Bob #61228 Posted November 8 Share Posted November 8 Planet of the Apes. Here we come. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted November 8 Share Posted November 8 Anyone else rooting for the monkeys? If they make their way to the Riverbanks Zoo in Columbia SC and hook up with some crafty penguins they could be on their way to Madagascar in no time. I saw this on a documentary. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 Posted November 8 Share Posted November 8 I'm not worried. It's too late for them to vote in South Carolina. Now if they were here in Arizona... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted November 8 Share Posted November 8 1 hour ago, Pat Riot said: Anyone else rooting for the monkeys? If they make their way to the Riverbanks Zoo in Columbia SC and hook up with some crafty penguins they could be on their way to Madagascar in no time. I saw this on a documentary. Micky Dolenz has given his endorsement to them! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleWolf Brunelle, #2495L Posted November 8 Share Posted November 8 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earl Brasse, SASS #3562 Posted November 8 Share Posted November 8 The movie "28 Days Later" started with something similar, lol. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stump Water Posted November 8 Share Posted November 8 Monkey Island. Quote Monkey colony Historically, the island has been uninhabited due to its location and distance from the mainland. Originally, the monkey colony now located on Morgan Island was located at the Caribbean Primate Research Center in La Parguera, Puerto Rico. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there were incidents of the free-ranging monkeys escaping, carrying viral herpes B infections, which lead to outbreaks in the local population. Puerto Rico was alarmed by this, and South Carolina stepped in to offer an uninhabited island for research. In 1979 and 1980, over 1,400 animals were relocated to Morgan Island. The island is owned by the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR). The monkeys that live on the island are owned by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), and used for public health research. https://www.postandcourier.com/news/alpha-genesis-takes-over-management-of-south-carolinas-monkey-island/article_fb08a7d2-ce5a-11ed-bd91-8b72f090aac4.html Pay wall. But you can read enough to get the gist of it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watab kid Posted November 8 Share Posted November 8 i thought the thread might be about jamangi - monkeys destroyed a cop car and a lot of other stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted November 9 Share Posted November 9 (edited) Good luck, Miles, Don't let them catch you. Edited November 9 by Forty Rod SASS 3935 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted November 9 Author Share Posted November 9 7 hours ago, Forty Rod SASS 3935 said: Good luck, Miles, Don't let then catch you. I read that they’re all around 7 lbs each so no worries! 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Rustler, SASS #26680 Posted November 9 Share Posted November 9 Have they found them yet? Did they look in a barrel? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted November 9 Share Posted November 9 3 hours ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: I read that they’re all around 7 lbs each so no worries! 😉 Seven pounds of monkey is like seven pounds of feral cats....with thumbs. Don't mess with them. 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted November 9 Share Posted November 9 News this morning showed them having a ball jumping around in the trees across the road from their fenced in area. Said they were leaving a food trail back into the enclosure. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassnetguy50 Posted November 9 Share Posted November 9 6 hours ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: I read that they’re all around 7 lbs each so no worries! 😉 That is 301# with 43 sets of teeth, 86 arms, 86 legs. A monster I have no interest in meeting. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted November 9 Share Posted November 9 Can you imagine going fishing and you’re sitting there enjoying the day but you have this suspicion you’re being watched. You turn and there are 43 monkeys sitting in the trees and on the ground watching you. You open your only granola bar and… 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted November 9 Share Posted November 9 Quote "They're just being goofy monkeys jumping back and forth playing with each other," he said. "It's kind of like a playground situation here." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Coffinmaker Posted November 9 Share Posted November 9 (edited) No Worries?? SURE!! Rye thinks he can take on 43 Monkeys all by hisself and WIN Think I'd pay good money to see that AS long as I wasn't inna cage with 'em Edited November 9 by Colorado Coffinmaker Thinking GOOD Thoughts 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted November 10 Author Share Posted November 10 (edited) 5 hours ago, Colorado Coffinmaker said: No Worries?? SURE!! Rye thinks he can take on 43 Monkeys all by hisself and WIN Think I'd pay good money to see that AS long as I wasn't inna cage with 'em 7 lb monkeys? No problem! Just start shootin and scare the beegezus out of them! My AR would do the trick! You’d lose the bet pal!🙄🤠 Edited November 10 by Rye Miles #13621 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted November 10 Author Share Posted November 10 Monkey Update: Apparently these are all young ones and very skittish. https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/09/us/south-carolina-monkeys-escape-update/index.html 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassnetguy50 Posted November 10 Share Posted November 10 "The monkeys are nonviolent, but may be growing restless due to hunger, he said." I've never seen NatGeo address this situation but SyFy has, and it didn't end well for the humans. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted November 10 Share Posted November 10 1 hour ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: 7 lb monkeys? No problem! Just start shootin and scare the beegezus out of them! My AR would do the trick! You’d lose the bet pal!🙄🤠 You should probably keep some bananas handy just in case they try to flank you. Keep the monkey of your back, so to say.🙉 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted November 10 Author Share Posted November 10 5 hours ago, Cypress Sun said: You should probably keep some bananas handy just in case they try to flank you. Keep the monkey of your back, so to say.🙉 Good advice!! I always have bananas but maybe I’d better stock up!! 😂 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted November 10 Share Posted November 10 Get ‘em a crate of bananas 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted November 10 Author Share Posted November 10 26 minutes ago, Pat Riot said: Get ‘em a crate of bananas Those look a heckuva lot more that 7 lbs!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted November 10 Author Share Posted November 10 Uh oh looks like they might have grown!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Coffinmaker Posted November 10 Share Posted November 10 But Rye, these monkeys are in an Urban/Suburban location. You don't get to have a gun. Just you and da monkeys. NO weapons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted November 10 Author Share Posted November 10 2 hours ago, Colorado Coffinmaker said: But Rye, these monkeys are in an Urban/Suburban location. You don't get to have a gun. Just you and da monkeys. NO weapons. Are you crazy?? I wouldn’t go up against them unarmed!😜 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Rye Miles #13621 Posted November 11 Author Share Posted November 11 Looks like half of them got caught! https://www.wrdw.com/2024/11/11/more-than-half-escaped-sc-monkeys-have-been-caught/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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