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Backseat Driver

(4,642 posts) Tue May 25, 2021, 03:17 PM May 2021

Where Did the Monkeys Near Fort Lauderdale Airport Come From? [View all]

https://www.labroots.com/trending/plants-and-animals/20505/monkeys-near-fort-lauderdale-airport-from

A colony of wild African vervet monkeys calls a thick mangrove forest near Fort Lauderdale's airport home. New research has investigated this colony of monkeys, which apparently settled in the area near Dania Beach, over 70 years ago. This is an urban area, and locals are well aware of these monkeys, but little is known about their history. [snip]

Really did not know there were monkeys living in the wild in Florida. Weird.

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Where Did the Monkeys Near Fort Lauderdale Airport Come From? [View all] Backseat Driver May 2021 OP

Does this story make anyone else wonder how Recursion is doing? Scrivener7 May 2021 #1

I would guess that "wild African vervet monkeys" came from Africa. n/t PoliticAverse May 2021 #2

I'd guess pets released intl the wild and they were fruitful and multiplied... nt kirkuchiyo May 2021 #3

I remember when I was a 'ute. Parents took me to Silver Springs Fl -- approx 1955. 3Hotdogs May 2021 #4

Selling monkeys?! Buckeye_Democrat May 2021 #5

Yeah, there were a couple of shops. You could buy a monkey or baby alligator. 3Hotdogs May 2021 #6

It's one of those things that slipped through the cracks... Buckeye_Democrat May 2021 #7

My first time in Fl. was roughly 1950. My uncle was out of WW 2, waist gunner. 3Hotdogs May 2021 #9

Thanks for sharing that story! Buckeye_Democrat May 2021 #10

U.S. 1. Long and desolate. For miles, nothing but farms or forests. 3Hotdogs May 2021 #11

That's the third monkey colony I have heard of in Florida csziggy May 2021 #8

The (Really) Wild Monkeys Of South Texas Javaman May 2021 #12