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Isn't this the way every contagion sci-fi movie starts? —> Don't approach lab monkey missing after crash, people told https://t.co/j6ZQVAOHP9
Authorities in Pennsylvania are searching for at least one escaped monkey who is missing after a truck carrying 100 macaques to a lab in Florida crashed, spilling its contents into the road.
Are we sure it was only one monkey?
BBC:
Authorities in Pennsylvania are searching for at least one escaped monkey who is missing after a truck carrying 100 macaques to a lab in Florida crashed, spilling its contents into the road.
Are we sure it was only one monkey?
The good news is only 12 monkeys are missing… pic.twitter.com/5jALJq5lW3
— PracticalSmartParenting (@PracticalSmart) January 22, 2022
BBC:
Residents were told not to approach the macaque if they encounter it. Macaques generally mind their own business but can be extraordinarily vicious on the attack if provoked.The trailer, which was carrying the monkeys to a laboratory in Florida, collided with a dump truck on a motorway in Pennsylvania.
No-one was hurt, but four monkeys managed to escape.
Three have since been found, but one monkey remained unaccounted for on Saturday morning.
The long-tailed macaques are in demand for coronavirus vaccine research.
Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Andrea Pelachick confirmed the hunt for the escaped monkeys in Montour County.