43 monkeys escaped

[Rye Miles #13621]

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

[Rip Snorter]

12 Monkeys!  

[Cypress Sun]

1 hour ago, Rip Snorter said:

12 Monkeys!  

 

My thought also. 

 

Saw somewhere, "They were too young to have been used in an experiment". 

[Rip Snorter]

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.

[Chantry]

And here I thought this thread was going to be about politicians!  (Of both parties)

[Badlands Bob #61228]

Planet of the Apes.  Here we come.

[Pat Riot]

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. 

[Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770]

I'm not worried. It's too late for them to vote in South Carolina. Now if they were here in Arizona...

[Cypress Sun]

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!

[PaleWolf Brunelle, #2495L]

[Earl Brasse, SASS #3562]

The movie "28 Days Later" started with something similar, lol.

[Stump Water]

Monkey Island.

 

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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.

 

[watab kid]

i thought the thread might be about jamangi - monkeys destroyed a cop car and a lot of other stuff 

[Forty Rod SASS 3935]

Good luck, Miles,  Don't let them catch you.

[Rye Miles #13621]

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! 😉 

[Chicken Rustler, SASS #26680]

Have they found them yet?

Did they look in a barrel?

[Forty Rod SASS 3935]

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.

[Eyesa Horg]

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.

[sassnetguy50]

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. 

 

 

[Pat Riot]

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…

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

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"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."

 

[Colorado Coffinmaker]

 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

[Rye Miles #13621]

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!🙄🤠

[Rye Miles #13621]

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

[sassnetguy50]

"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.

[Cypress Sun]

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.🙉

[Rye Miles #13621]

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!! 😂

[Pat Riot]

Get ‘em a crate of bananas

[Rye Miles #13621]

26 minutes ago, Pat Riot said:

Get ‘em a crate of bananas

Those look a heckuva lot more that 7 lbs!!

[Rye Miles #13621]

Uh oh looks like they might have grown!!

 

[Colorado Coffinmaker]

 

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.

[Rye Miles #13621]

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!😜

[Duffield, SASS #23454]

 

[John Kloehr]

[Rye Miles #13621]

Looks like half of them got caught!

 

https://www.wrdw.com/2024/11/11/more-than-half-escaped-sc-monkeys-have-been-caught/