Posted on 10/29/2025 6:25:05 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
HEIDELBERG, Miss. -- Monkeys being transported on a Mississippi highway escaped captivity Tuesday after the truck carrying them overturned, according to law enforcement.
All but one of the escaped monkeys were killed, the Jasper County Sheriff’s Department said in a post on Facebook, warning that the monkeys were “aggressive." It is not clear how many monkeys were originally in the truck or how many were killed.
The truck was carrying Rehsus monkeys, which typically weigh around 16 pounds (7.7 kilograms) and are among the most medically studied animals on the planet. They were being housed at the Tulane University National Biomedical Research Center in New Orleans, Louisiana, which routinely provides primates to scientific research organizations, according to the university.
It is not clear who was transporting the monkeys or where they were going.
Video shows monkeys crawling through the tall grass on the side of Interstate 59 just north of Heidelberg, Mississippi, with wooden crates labeled “live animals” crumpled and strewn about.
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Deportation gone awry?
Good question.
And I doubt it’ll be the last.
Get ready for “Big Foot” sightings in the area.
Just wait ‘til they discover there’s nothing on their EBT cards.
“Aggressive monkeys”
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Is there any other kind?
Let them go! I saw an escaped monkey years ago that several of us kids were chasing thinking we would catch it. The monkey got treed by an old collie dog, briefly.
That monkey sat on a limb for just a few seconds with that collie barking at him and then suddenly, the monkey dropped out of the tree and down on that collie. In 1 second that collie was screaming in pain and the monkey was on his head, biting out plugs and pulling hair out with all 4 feet!!
When the monkey quit, the dog took off and us youngins, did too. I suddenly knew I didnt want to catch that damn monkey!
Happened in northeast PA a couple of years ago.
Monkey see, monkey do.
Movie - “Outbreak”.....
On their way to another Antifa rally, no doubt.
Just chimps off the old block.
Or perhaps a BLM rally?
And they call *us* racists...
All but one of the escaped monkeys were killed, the Jasper County Sheriff’s Department said in a post on Facebook, warning that the monkeys were “aggressive.” I might be mean and aggressive too, if I was a research monkey.
Absolutely!
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