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Roving band of herpes-ridden monkeys now roaming northeast Florida
By Paula Froelich
February 1, 2020 | 3:43pm

Forget Florida man, now theres Florida monkeys.

A roving band of feral, herpes-ridden monkeys is now roaming across northeast Florida.

The STD-addled rhesus macaques had previously been confined to Silver Springs State Park near Ocala, Florida, but are now being spotted miles away in Jacksonville, St. Johns, St. Augustine, Palatka, Welaka and Elkton, Florida according to a local ABC affiliate, First Coast News.
Even more worrying: over a quarter of the 300 feral macaques an invasive species native to south and southeast Asia carry herpes B, according to a 2018 survey, National Geographic reported.

The monkeys were introduced to the area in the 1930s by a local cruise operator, Colonel Tooeys Jungle Cruise, which released 12 monkeys over a series of years onto a man-made island inside Silver Springs State Park. The monkeys swam to freedom and reproduced at alarming rates and are now wandering around residential areas.

The potential ramifications are really dire, University of Florida primate scientist Dr. Steve Johnson told First Coast News. A big male thats an extremely strong, potentially dangerous animal.

more in the article:

https://nypost.com/2020/02/01/roving-band-of-herpes-ridden-monkeys-now-roaming-northeast-florida/

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lol

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Eh.

6/10.

If only because this is a significant health risk and a cautionary tale about invasive species.

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Ah, so it finally happened. There's been some concern for a while that they'd leave Silver Springs.

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