Lab monkey on the loose after truck crash in Pennsylvania

January 23, 2022 admin US 0

Lab monkey on the loose after truck crash in Pennsylvania

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A test monkey is on the lam after a truck carrying 100 apes to a laboratory crashed.

The truck driver, en route to Florida, crashed into a dump truck on Friday outside Danville, Pennsylvania.

Four crab-eating macaques seized the opportunity to escape — and as of Saturday, one was still at large.

The monkeys were on their way to Florida when the truck carrying them crashed.
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Game Commission Officers pull up as Pennsylvania State Troopers prepare to look for several monkeys which escaped from their crates after the trailer which they were being transported in was involved in a crash on state Route 54 and Interstate 80 near Danville, Pa., Friday, Jan. 21, 2022.
Game commission officers and Pennsylvania State Troopers prepare to look for several escaped monkeys near Danville, Pa., on Jan. 21, 2022.
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Escaped monkey
As of Jan. 22, 2022, one of the escaped monkeys was still on the run.
Pennsylvania State Police
They were transporting 100 monkeys and several were on the loose at the time of the photo.
One hundred monkeys were being transported when the truck carrying them crashed.
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“There is still one monkey unaccounted for, but we are asking that no one attempt to look for or capture the animal. Anyone who sees or locates the monkey is asked not to approach, attempt to catch, or come in contact with the monkey. Please call 911 immediately,” a state trooper PIO wrote on Twitter on Saturday.

Cynomolgus monkeys, as the species is also known, can cost more than $10,000, and were used as test subjects for the development of the COVID-19 vaccine, according to a report.

The intelligent, social primates are also known to utilize stone tools in the wild.

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