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43 Monkeys Escape U.S. Research Facility; Residents Told to Lock Doors, Windows

Young rhesus macaque monkeys, similar to the ones that escaped a South Carolina testing facility, are seen in this stock photo. eating plant leaves at Swayambhunath temple in Kathmandu, Nepal. When Manjushri, the bodhisattva of wisdom and learning, was lifting the hill where the stupa stands, he let his hair grow long and it became infested with lice. The lice then turned into these monkeys, which are now revered as sacred.

43 Monkeys Escape U.S. Research Facility; Residents Told to Lock Doors, Windows Authorities in South Carolina are on high alert after 43 rhesus macaque monkeys escaped from a research facility, prompting local residents to secure their homes as police work to round them up. The Yemassee Police Department confirmed on Thursday that the monkeys escaped … Read more