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2020-02-03 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Band of herpes-ridden monkeys are roaming residential neighborhoods in northeast Florida after just 12 were introduced in the 1930s but reproduced at alarming rates

[MAIL] A band of herpes-ridden monkeys are roaming across northeastern Florida after escaping from a state park miles away, threatening the locals and the environment.

The rhesus macaques were living at the Silver Springs State Park near Ocala, Florida, but the creatures, native to south and southeast Asia, escaped the area and have since been spotted in Jacksonville, St. Johns, St. Augustine, Palatka, Welaka, and Elkton, Florida, according to First Coast News.

While the monkeys tend to keep to themselves, over a quarter of the 300 feral creatures counted at Silver Spring State Park carried Herpes B, according to a 2018 survey by National Geographic.

While it's extremely rare for herpes B to spread from monkey to human, when it does it can be fatal.

The rhesus macaques were first introduced to Silver Springs State Park in the late 1930s when a tour boat operator named Colonel Tooey released 12 of the furry animals onto a man-made island as a tourist attraction.

Posted by Skidmark 2020-02-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ] Top

#1 "Herpes-ridden monkeys"?
Sounds like certain Bathhouse denizens...

Posted by Lex 2020-02-03 01:17|| 2020-02-03 01:17|| Front Page Top

#2 Florida monkey to join Florida man?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-02-03 02:11|| 2020-02-03 02:11|| Front Page Top

#3 Too fast for the pythons some other Florida man introduced into the local flora and fauna?

Posted by Procopius2k 2020-02-03 06:20|| 2020-02-03 06:20|| Front Page Top

#4 "Herbie, the Love Bug", does what he or she does.

Posted by Dale 2020-02-03 07:24|| 2020-02-03 07:24|| Front Page Top

#5 FL Monkey-Man

Posted by Lex 2020-02-03 07:33|| 2020-02-03 07:33|| Front Page Top

#6 That's the kind of thing a .22 varmint round was made for.

Posted by AlanC 2020-02-03 08:04|| 2020-02-03 08:04|| Front Page Top

#7 That's the kind of thing a .22 varmint round was made for.

Exactly

Posted by DarthVader 2020-02-03 10:27|| 2020-02-03 10:27|| Front Page Top

#8 We already have open season on iguanas and they are only a nuisance due to their invasiveness. I'd say the disease vector angle is going to make monkey hunting a thing here. Soon to be followed by some smalltime Jane Goodall knockoff demanding that, like Britny Spears, we need to 'leave the monkeys alone."

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-02-03 12:34|| 2020-02-03 12:34|| Front Page Top

#9 Shoulda kept em in Atlanta

Posted by Frank G 2020-02-03 12:43|| 2020-02-03 12:43|| Front Page Top

#10 Why is it always 12 monkeys?

Posted by The peanut gallery 2020-02-03 14:01|| 2020-02-03 14:01|| Front Page Top

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