Monkey mayhem as dozens of primates escape South Carolina research center

[docyabut2]

https://www.foxnews.com/us/monkey-mayhem-dozens-primates-escape-south-carolina-research-center

[Abramelin]

Just wait...they'll take over the US within a couple of years.

[Ajay0]

Perhaps their lab enhanced intelligence and fighting skills may have played a role in plotting their escape from their captors. 

[Abramelin]

41 minutes ago, Ajay0 said:

Perhaps their lab enhanced intelligence and fighting skills may have played a role in plotting their escape from their captors. 

Planet of the Monkeys?

[Ajay0]

19 minutes ago, Abramelin said:

Planet of the Monkeys?

Perhaps in a parallel universe, humans may have escaped from a research center in a monkey dominated world where the monkeys are similarly divided into warring blocs over territorial rights. Many monkeys may have similarly laughed commenting on the news. 

[Piney]

30 minutes ago, Ajay0 said:

Perhaps in a parallel universe, humans may have escaped from a research center in a monkey dominated world where the monkeys are similarly divided into warring blocs over territorial rights. Many monkeys may have similarly laughed commenting on the news. 

Led by Mark Wahlberg. 😲

[+susieice]

43 escaped research monkeys still loose in South Carolina after caretaker failed to shut two doors 

Police are still searching for 43 monkeys that escaped from a research facility in South Carolina on Wednesday, as the head of the company revealed that the outbreak happened when a staff member failed to secure a door properly.

Locals were urged to lock windows and doors and not to interact with the monkeys and instead call 911 immediately upon spotting any of the escaped primates. "These animals are highly sensitive and easily startled, we recommend that the public avoid the area to prevent frightening them further," police said.

Police also said Thursday that the monkeys were very young females weighing just 6 to 7 lbs. The company told the police that the animals were too young to carry disease, although it's unclear whether this means they are incapable of contracting disease or simply hadn't been introduced into any clinical trials.

[+OverSword]

[Ell]

Just watch out for a couple of kids playing a weird board game.

Run if you encounter Van Pelt!

[simplybill]

It’s not likely that they’ll survive the winter, but at least they’ll live their final days as free monkeys. 

😃

[Abramelin]

2 minutes ago, simplybill said:

It’s not likely that they’ll survive the winter, but at least they’ll live their final days as free monkeys. 

😃

Maybe they'll adapt to the cold. Stranger things have happened with escaped exotic animals.

What kind of macaques are they?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_macaque

[Zebra3]

[jethrofloyd]

I'ml just thinking of the movie 'Outbreak' with Justin Hoffman. 'Twelve Monkeys' with Bruce Willis works too.  🙊

[simplybill]

28 minutes ago, Abramelin said:

Maybe they'll adapt to the cold. Stranger things have happened with escaped exotic animals.

What kind of macaques are they?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_macaque

I checked Wikipedia - I think you’re right about them surviving the winter:

”Inhabiting arid, open areas, rhesus macaques may be found in grasslands, woodlands, and in mountainous regions up to 2,500 m (8,200 ft) in elevation.”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhesus_macaque

[simplybill]

I’d love to drive to South Carolina and capture a few of those monkeys and smuggle them back to Iowa. There’s about 80 acres (32 ha) of forest across the road from my house. I’d feed them bananas and train them to mow my lawn.
 😃

[Abramelin]

26 minutes ago, simplybill said:

I’d love to drive to South Carolina and capture a few of those monkeys and smuggle them back to Iowa. There’s about 80 acres (32 ha) of forest across the road from my house. I’d feed them bananas and train them to mow my lawn.
 😃

Maybe they'll train you to give them bananas.

Wait....

[Piney]

1 hour ago, Abramelin said:

Maybe they'll adapt to the cold. Stranger things have happened with escaped exotic animals.

What kind of macaques are they?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_macaque

Once in Liverpool there were escaped monkeys with knives, axes and chainsaws....no kidding.

But I honestly think @acute armed them as a false flag to promote the rumour that any violence done in England with sharp objects musta been a Scouser. 🤐

[+susieice]

As of this afternoon (Friday) none of the monkeys have been captured yet.

43 primates on the loose in South Carolina town after escaping from research lab - ABC News

Forty-three primates remain on the loose in a South Carolina town, two days after escaping from a research laboratory, authorities said Friday.

As of midday Friday, the monkeys "have not yet been re-captured and returned to their enclosures," a Yemassee Police Department spokesperson said in a statement.

The animals have since been seen near the research center, according to the Yemassee police spokesperson.

"Current observations show the primates playfully exploring the perimeter fence of the facility, engaging with those still inside by cooing to them," the spokesperson said while urging the public to "stay clear of this area as Alpha Genesis works diligently to safely recover these animals and return them to their habitats unharmed."

 

[simplybill]

34 minutes ago, susieice said:

Current observations show the primates playfully exploring the perimeter fence of the facility, engaging with those still inside by cooing to them," the spokesperson said while urging the public to  

"stay clear of this area as Alpha Genesis works diligently to safely recover these animals and return them to their habitats unharmed."

No way, man. If I lived in SC, I’d be at that fence with my camera in a heartbeat.

[+susieice]

4 minutes ago, simplybill said:

No way, man. If I lived in SC, I’d be at that fence with my camera in a heartbeat.

A South Carolina land surveyor was working near the facility and was able to video the monkeys when they escaped on Wednesday.  He says he notified the research lab who seemed to not know yet that the monkeys had escaped.

Survey worker said he spotted escaped monkeys in South Carolina, then alerted research facility | WCBD News 2

Edited November 8 by susieice

[simplybill]

5 minutes ago, susieice said:

He says he notified the research lab who seemed to not know yet that the monkeys had escaped.

It’s amazing that they didn’t know they were gone.

I wonder if a PETA activist purposely freed them.

[jethrofloyd]

I wonder What will happen if runaway monkeys meet a bigfoot by chance? 

[+susieice]

36 minutes ago, simplybill said:

It’s amazing that they didn’t know they were gone.

I wonder if a PETA activist purposely freed them.

They said it was a new employee who didn't secure the door properly. It could be.

[Sir Wearer of Hats]

19 minutes ago, susieice said:

They said it was a new employee who didn't secure the door properly. It could be.

The door singular. 
43 monkeys are able to escape via a single door. Well, their security flaws me with its thoroughness and solid reliability, I’m flabbergasted the escape happened. 

[acute]

3 hours ago, Piney said:

Once in Liverpool there were escaped monkeys with knives, axes and chainsaws....no kidding.

But I honestly think @acute armed them as a false flag to promote the rumour that any violence done in England with sharp objects musta been a Scouser. 🤐

Walton Prison should be expanded to enclose the whole of Liverpool. The crime rate in the rest of the country would plummet!

 

Edited November 8 by acute