Posted on 05/29/2020 8:27:22 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
A gang of monkeys attacked a laboratory assistant and escaped with a batch of coronavirus blood test samples, it has been reported.
The bizarre incident saw the troop of primates launch their assault near Meerut Medical College in Delhi, India.
According to local media, the animals then snatched COVID-19 blood test samples that had been taken from three patients and fled.
One of the monkeys was later spotted in a tree chewing one of the sample collection kits, the Times of India reported - adding that test samples from the patients had to be taken again.
It is the latest example of the highly intelligent, red-faced rhesus macaques taking advantage of India's nationwide lockdown to combat the spread of coronavirus.
While they have proved an increasing problem in urban areas of the country in recent years, lockdown measures in the last two months are believed to have emboldened the monkeys.
Reports have shown them congregating in parts of Delhi normally crowded with humans.
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Wasn’t this the plot of the new Rise of the Planet of the Apes?
The monkey probably more accurately predicted the virus deaths using the fling poo at a bunch of random numbers
Fauci’s poo flinging was off by 20x?
..The monkey is definitely smarter than most of the democrat Governors.
Planet of the Apes has begun. They’re getting even.
I can’t read the article; but what kind of research facility has open windows/access to the outside?
I don’t believe this story.
I heard it from another source and they said it was a courier carrying samples from where they were drawn to the testing lab.
So, just carrying them loose in his pocket? Most facilities, at least in the US, would secure and transport materials correctly.
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