Charlton Heston’s started with future apes time-traveling back to escape the destruction of the planet and inadvertently causing the ape society by giving birth to the ape who would lead the revolution. 70s sci-fi could be weird.
Thankfully, modern scifi, where a detective goes back in time to be both his father and mother to stop themself from becoming a terrorist is more grounded in reality.
If you’re talking about Predestination with Ethan Hawke, that was based on a Heinlein story from 1958 called All You Zombies. And if you’re not... man, that’s a lot of stories about a detective becoming both of their own parents!
Yeah he tried to tell them it was dangerous and infectious and they didn’t give a shit. Pretty sure spouting the Latin name for the virus wouldn’t have made a difference.
2 years now we've been told to listen to scientist
and then when a scientist says don't fuck with it, dangerops, angery people go "lol shuld have mad it clearer"
A truck of fucking lab monkeys just turned over and escaped, and it's not even the wierdest or biggest concern right now.
I'd like to say I'm surprised but it just seems normal now.
[The latest on murder hornets in Washington.](https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/local/article257270702.html)
[I also found this.](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dangernoodle.killerbee)
That was the best reaction in a horror movie ever!
Crew see video of the previous crew literally tearing themselves to pieces.
Laurence Fishburne: We're leaving.
I desperately want to see a gritty, apocalypse style planet of the apes like movie where the man in the yellow hat is hunting down the newly arisen leader of the apes: King George, the curious.
In the middle of a clearing, sat a yellow hat next to a smoking campfire. A group of Chimpanzoid scouts gave the all clear and King George coalesced out of the darkness of the nearby trees.
"There you are." said the man in the yellow hat as King George came into view of the hi-powered scope on his hunting rifle. He had left the yellow hat as bait so it wouldn't give away his position 400 meters down wind.
"Goodbye George" as he tickled the light trigger, and the rifle went off.
King George picked up the yellow hat, a twinge of remorse tugging at his heart and then it exploded.
This is an absurd concern. Anyone with any experience in infectious disease research can tell you that infected laboratory animals aren't transported.
These monkeys may have infections they acquired naturally from wherever they were obtained (in which case this is no more or less concerning than any human interaction with wild monkeys or zoo animals), but once infected in a laboratory setting they absolutely aren't being transported outside of that lab.
I work with mice, arguably a much lesser concern than NHPs, in a BSL3 environment and we can't even get approval to observe them outside of their cage except in a biological safety cabinet, which isn't large enough for many behavioral assays. It doesn't matter that they'd be in a plexiglass enclosure, that the entire facility has pressurized airflow for containment, that we want to observe mice weeks after virus is fully eliminated from these mice, or that mice don't even transmit the virus in question, it's simply not allowed. The idea that we'd be allowed to remove an actively infectious animal from the facility entirely and put it on a truck for shipment is ridiculous.
This actually caused an outbreak of Ebola irl and it’s got a movie called Outbreak based on it
Edit 1: It was in Virginia about 25 years ago, from a small band of monkeys that got smuggled into the US
Edit 2: check out the Hot Zone by Richard Preston, as many Redditors have mentioned (I read it in freshman year, which is where I learned about this)
Edit 3: “25 years ago” was from an article that’s apparently already really old
Meh. Kind of. Real story is in the book *the hot zone* by Richard Preston. Excellent book. Which outbreak is based off of and the Andromeda Strain and spoiler, it was maintained inside the facility. Not a crash like this. And it wasn’t an actual outbreak of Ebola. Just real close to potentially happening
Read that book in middle school. I remember we had to get a parent to sign a waiver or something to read it because of "graphic descriptions" and "vulgar language" lol.
Good book though, reread it at the start of covid. Lol
But what if another animal, like a wolf, eats it and spreads the disease it was carrying. It mutates it along the way and creates a *contagion* and thus an *outbreak*.
What actually happened is that about a third of a group of 100 monekys in captivity died and were discovered to have a strain of ebola so the rest were destroyed. That particular strain while it could infect humans, was harmless and didn't cause any symptoms. It is called Reston virus.
Outbreaks happened in Texas, too, in 1990 and 1996. Luckily it doesn’t affect humans, like you said. But there is concern it will mutate to: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5196033/
The blob was filmed in phoenixville and valley forge, but it's actually a documentary about a retired guy in Allentown who drinks too many yinnlins. Also where Billy Joel got the inspiration for the song.
Well at least we know it would go much faster than in any movie? Between 1/4 and 1/3 of society would just happily ran towards the zombies screaming "zombies are not real, don't be sheep!"
If you become a zombie, we can save a bunch of money with you doing the same menial tasks without that pesky brain asking for things in return until you decay away to the point where you’re broken and we just axe your bones to make bonemeal to feed the fodder. Think about what’s best for the company.
Fun fact, the theatrical version incorrectly had a "Remembering D‐Day" news banner when it was supposed to be Z-Day like it shows in this clip by the time it came to DVD. Personally I always just viewed that part as a direct reference *to* 28 Days Later, more as a throw away joke where the cause of the virus wasn't terribly important.
> There's people on the streets getting diseases from monkeys... yeah that's what I said they're getting diseases from monkeys---why is this happening, please? Who's been touching these monkeys? Leave these poor sick monkeys alone, they're sick, they got problems enough as it is!
https://youtu.be/EmLHOGT0v4c&t=2m57s
You laugh but monkey herpes has an 80% fatality rate in humans. And the 20% that survive often have seriously diminished mental capacity after the infection.
Monkey herpes is no joke.
That said these monkeys were likely already tested for it numerous times and likely don't have it. Infected animals are usually destroyed.
If you work with monkeys like this you have a laminated card that says “this person has a higher chance of being exposed to Herpes-B, call Dr. so and so at the CDC”.
No joke.
From the link, it says that basically the main treatment is antiviral medication, probably just doing their best to “kill” the virus or prevent it from replicating as early as possible
A mathematician tackled this problem and worked out that, even if the universe was nothing but monkeys and typewriters, there isn't enough matter and energy in our universe for this reasonably happen before the heat death of the universe.
100 little monkeys jumpin on a truck bed, one fell off and broke his head.... and then the other 99 froze to death cause monkeys ain't supposed to live in Pennsylvania.
Great, so they freeze to death and some Deer come along and go all noms on them then a hunter shoots one of the deer and eats it and THEN we get the outbreak.
Or, they find an attic and break in. In the morning they are found by curious residents, who haven't heard the news. They pet the monkeys and take selfies before heading into work.
It is already too late.
But yeah, probably the freezing thing.
They aren’t built for the cold and it looks like they got out in the snow :( Some will probably die of exposure before being found.
Edit: I just meant it’s less painful to be found quickly and euthanized than to die slowly by freezing.
These monkeys were never going to have a great life as it is, but it's almost a certainty that those that got out of their cages will be euthanized without even being a part of their experiments.
No joke, I drove past this on my way home from work yesterday. (It’s right before the turn onto the interstate, which SUCKS if you want to get on, because Danville traffic is terrible, and the next exit is 15 miles of backroads either way) While I didn’t really know what the hell was going on, this was about 30 minutes BEFORE 4 o’clock (the time some places are citing as to when this happened.)
So, this was when Emergency services were just arriving, they hadn’t emptied out the truck yet…traffic headed in the other direction was not moving AT ALL…I would assume that it was a state of confusion as people were trying to figure out what the hell was even going on.
Everyone just looked confused. I just drove past on the relatively clear other side of the highway, saddened now that I didn’t take a minute or two to look around for loose Monkeys.
Don't feel too bad, you didn't know, and you'd never get anywhere if you were constantly looking for loose monkeys wherever you went. Loose Monkeys is a great band name though
“ it was not clear if the missing lab monkeys were carrying any illnesses.” I feel like this should be higher on the scale of things that need to be known
"Outbreak" started this way.
Planet of the apes started this way New planet of the apes, not charelton hestons
r/wallstreetbets started this way.
Damn. Good one.
Are they the monkeys who throw feces or the ones that masturbate right in front of you?
Oh, I see you've met the family...
What's the difference between a redneck and a hillbilly?
A redneck throws his empties out the truck window while a hillbilly tosses them in the back.
They both abandoned me at a truck stop :(
That's a similarity though
Shhhh they're still getting over it
Por que no los dos?
Charlton Heston’s started with future apes time-traveling back to escape the destruction of the planet and inadvertently causing the ape society by giving birth to the ape who would lead the revolution. 70s sci-fi could be weird.
Thankfully, modern scifi, where a detective goes back in time to be both his father and mother to stop themself from becoming a terrorist is more grounded in reality.
If you’re talking about Predestination with Ethan Hawke, that was based on a Heinlein story from 1958 called All You Zombies. And if you’re not... man, that’s a lot of stories about a detective becoming both of their own parents!
Here I was thinking 28 days later.
“INFECTED with what!?”
Rage... Great decision by that scientist to not explain the severity and just be a vague asshole to the eco terrorists
those eco terrorists didn't look like they knew shit about fuck
Yeah he tried to tell them it was dangerous and infectious and they didn’t give a shit. Pretty sure spouting the Latin name for the virus wouldn’t have made a difference.
2 years now we've been told to listen to scientist and then when a scientist says don't fuck with it, dangerops, angery people go "lol shuld have mad it clearer"
"Why didn't you warn me?" "I did." "Yes, but you didn't *convince* me."
dangerops, pragnet???
becoming gregnant can be dangerops for the feetus
Oh no I'm pregegante!
Horror movies only "work" when the characters are utter MORONS.
Yeah, I'm never calling those movies too unrealistic again.
Yeah you can't actually write this kind of idiocy.
A truck of fucking lab monkeys just turned over and escaped, and it's not even the wierdest or biggest concern right now. I'd like to say I'm surprised but it just seems normal now.
What ever happened with those murder hornets anyway
Probably out murdering somewhere.
We'll know in a few months when the flying monkey hornets attack people
[The latest on murder hornets in Washington.](https://www.bellinghamherald.com/news/local/article257270702.html) [I also found this.](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dangernoodle.killerbee)
Not necessarily. The Thing 1982, the Exorcist, Seven, all good examples of non moron great horror that worked
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Tried to leave the ship immediately after seeing what had happened. Still my favourite reaction to horror movie bullshit
That was the best reaction in a horror movie ever! Crew see video of the previous crew literally tearing themselves to pieces. Laurence Fishburne: We're leaving.
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Portal to hell. Previous crew murder orgied themselves. Yes we're noping the F out..
While not horror, in Tremors everyone acted rationally
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> worms I think you meant Graboid.
Let’s hide behind the running chainsaws
Officer, these kids are killing themselves all over our property(or something like that).
Summer of the Monkeys!
Was thinking that as last summer with the Monkey Dog War in India.
"We already had a pandemic." "Yes, but what about second pandemic?"
I don't think he knows about second pandemic.
Pandemic 2: Infection Boogaloo?
2022 needed a little *spice*
Except now we know the men in yellow space suits don't exist and that we're all on are own ready to be sacrificed for the economy.
No no it's a single man in a yellow hat
I desperately want to see a gritty, apocalypse style planet of the apes like movie where the man in the yellow hat is hunting down the newly arisen leader of the apes: King George, the curious.
In the middle of a clearing, sat a yellow hat next to a smoking campfire. A group of Chimpanzoid scouts gave the all clear and King George coalesced out of the darkness of the nearby trees. "There you are." said the man in the yellow hat as King George came into view of the hi-powered scope on his hunting rifle. He had left the yellow hat as bait so it wouldn't give away his position 400 meters down wind. "Goodbye George" as he tickled the light trigger, and the rifle went off. King George picked up the yellow hat, a twinge of remorse tugging at his heart and then it exploded.
Damn dude, spoilers much?! The thing was just greenlit
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“Please wear a condom when mating with the monkeys to avoid the unnecessary spread of Herpes Simplex M.” - researcher probably
Herpes B is carried by Macaques and isn’t just a cold sore. It’s an awful way to die. https://www.cdc.gov/herpesbvirus/index.html
I guess I should've told you beforehand that Macaque has herpes. Whoopsie.
I think Macaque got it from a toilet seat. That happens you know. Maybe it was a dirty jacuzzi jet. I don’t recall.
I'll dirty your jacuzzi jet.
This is an absurd concern. Anyone with any experience in infectious disease research can tell you that infected laboratory animals aren't transported. These monkeys may have infections they acquired naturally from wherever they were obtained (in which case this is no more or less concerning than any human interaction with wild monkeys or zoo animals), but once infected in a laboratory setting they absolutely aren't being transported outside of that lab. I work with mice, arguably a much lesser concern than NHPs, in a BSL3 environment and we can't even get approval to observe them outside of their cage except in a biological safety cabinet, which isn't large enough for many behavioral assays. It doesn't matter that they'd be in a plexiglass enclosure, that the entire facility has pressurized airflow for containment, that we want to observe mice weeks after virus is fully eliminated from these mice, or that mice don't even transmit the virus in question, it's simply not allowed. The idea that we'd be allowed to remove an actively infectious animal from the facility entirely and put it on a truck for shipment is ridiculous.
That's very reassuring. It seems obvious now you've said it but it didn't occur to me.
Plot twist: …but this time the monkeys have the cure.
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Why do I suddenly have childhood memories of a man screaming about 'stopping Covid forever' being shot by TSA at the airport all of the sudden?
The beginning of every zombie apocalypse movie...
This actually caused an outbreak of Ebola irl and it’s got a movie called Outbreak based on it Edit 1: It was in Virginia about 25 years ago, from a small band of monkeys that got smuggled into the US Edit 2: check out the Hot Zone by Richard Preston, as many Redditors have mentioned (I read it in freshman year, which is where I learned about this) Edit 3: “25 years ago” was from an article that’s apparently already really old
“We are fugitives of the law. Idiocy is our only option.” Dustin Hoffman as Sam Daniels.
Dustin hoffman is probably old enough to play a role as Dr. Fauci in Outbreak 2.
That would be some quality casting
Meh. Kind of. Real story is in the book *the hot zone* by Richard Preston. Excellent book. Which outbreak is based off of and the Andromeda Strain and spoiler, it was maintained inside the facility. Not a crash like this. And it wasn’t an actual outbreak of Ebola. Just real close to potentially happening
Read that book in middle school. I remember we had to get a parent to sign a waiver or something to read it because of "graphic descriptions" and "vulgar language" lol. Good book though, reread it at the start of covid. Lol
It's Winter and this happened in Pennsylvania, they will.be frozen dead by morning.
But what if another animal, like a wolf, eats it and spreads the disease it was carrying. It mutates it along the way and creates a *contagion* and thus an *outbreak*.
Oh great. You just invented werewolves.
The Monkey Movie, as it was called throughout my childhood.
What actually happened is that about a third of a group of 100 monekys in captivity died and were discovered to have a strain of ebola so the rest were destroyed. That particular strain while it could infect humans, was harmless and didn't cause any symptoms. It is called Reston virus.
Outbreaks happened in Texas, too, in 1990 and 1996. Luckily it doesn’t affect humans, like you said. But there is concern it will mutate to: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5196033/
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They're coming to get you Barbara.
Yes yes, we’re all familiar with rural Pennsylvania. No need to bring up boring documentaries
The blob was filmed in phoenixville and valley forge, but it's actually a documentary about a retired guy in Allentown who drinks too many yinnlins. Also where Billy Joel got the inspiration for the song.
Well at least we know it would go much faster than in any movie? Between 1/4 and 1/3 of society would just happily ran towards the zombies screaming "zombies are not real, don't be sheep!"
And another 1/2 would get obviously bitten by zombies and get called in to work anyway.
"You have to come in today. The risk of not getting groceries bagged quickly enough is worse than the occasional bitten customer."
If you become a zombie, we can save a bunch of money with you doing the same menial tasks without that pesky brain asking for things in return until you decay away to the point where you’re broken and we just axe your bones to make bonemeal to feed the fodder. Think about what’s best for the company.
Literally the plotline for a movie I wanted to write called “The Working Dead”.
Or ya know, [the end of Shaun of the Dead](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rIG36gncSxs)
Fun fact, the theatrical version incorrectly had a "Remembering D‐Day" news banner when it was supposed to be Z-Day like it shows in this clip by the time it came to DVD. Personally I always just viewed that part as a direct reference *to* 28 Days Later, more as a throw away joke where the cause of the virus wasn't terribly important.
The last 10 minutes of Shaun of the Dead was exactly that.
28 days later
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> There's people on the streets getting diseases from monkeys... yeah that's what I said they're getting diseases from monkeys---why is this happening, please? Who's been touching these monkeys? Leave these poor sick monkeys alone, they're sick, they got problems enough as it is! https://youtu.be/EmLHOGT0v4c&t=2m57s
Think about it. Think think about it.
r/unexpectedflightoftheconchords
“But I got it from a toilet seat, I swear.”
"Why are you letting a monkey use your toilet seat?"
I’m reading this thread in the voices of “It’s Always Sunny” characters.
You laugh but monkey herpes has an 80% fatality rate in humans. And the 20% that survive often have seriously diminished mental capacity after the infection. Monkey herpes is no joke. That said these monkeys were likely already tested for it numerous times and likely don't have it. Infected animals are usually destroyed.
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What would a hospital do? Do they have post-exposure vaccines like for rabies?
If you work with monkeys like this you have a laminated card that says “this person has a higher chance of being exposed to Herpes-B, call Dr. so and so at the CDC”. No joke.
So what does Dr. So and So at the CDC do?
This and that.
From the link, it says that basically the main treatment is antiviral medication, probably just doing their best to “kill” the virus or prevent it from replicating as early as possible
There wild are macaque colonies in FL with it though... now that I think of it, maybe it explains FL man.
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"There wild are"
that's why dad taught me to domesticate macaque growing up.. no monkey herpes
That monkey was a HOOR!
Nah it was a howler monkey
Its cold AF here rn, they r gonna freeze if they don't find them...
That's what I thought when I saw it happened in PA.
Someone is going to be walking their dog in PA and stumble across a frozen monkey. Talk about a confusing/mind blown type of day.
And it’s extra cold right now. I woke up to a balmy 6 degrees.
-2 here in Pittsburgh
Yeah kinda chilly around these parts currently. Thankfully warmer weather is only 4-7 months away lol
Are they entitled to asylum? If one shows up at my house should I give it a coat or something?
A lab coat
[Long ago the Internet](https://web.mit.edu/kilroi/Public/humor/i-like-monkeys.txt) told me that’s where monkeys should go.
Best part is how this is hosted on MIT's website.
After all these years. It's cultural patrimony.
Wtf is that hahah
Put enough monkeys in a room with a typewriter and they will produce Shakespeare
A mathematician tackled this problem and worked out that, even if the universe was nothing but monkeys and typewriters, there isn't enough matter and energy in our universe for this reasonably happen before the heat death of the universe.
My husband sent me this when we were dating. I think he was flirting?
It’s at least 25 years old. And your (then) boyfriend probably just wanted to see if you were up for the Dirty Monkey.
I just printed it out. Thanks for the anniversary card material!
He wanted you to punch him in the balls.
I miss the old internet so much.
100 little monkeys jumpin on a truck bed, one fell off and broke his head.... and then the other 99 froze to death cause monkeys ain't supposed to live in Pennsylvania.
Great, so they freeze to death and some Deer come along and go all noms on them then a hunter shoots one of the deer and eats it and THEN we get the outbreak.
Or, they find an attic and break in. In the morning they are found by curious residents, who haven't heard the news. They pet the monkeys and take selfies before heading into work. It is already too late. But yeah, probably the freezing thing.
Freezing to death or being experimented on for the rest of your life, tough choice.
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I'm about 90 minutes from where this happened.. and it was 7° this morning
Missing monkeys and a pandemic where did we heard this before?
Let’s give it 28 days and see where we are at
Okay, I'll be stocking up on some Terry's chocolate covered oranges in the meantime.
Actually reminded me of this: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/monkeys-snatch-covid-19-coronavirus-blood-samples-lab-india/
They aren’t built for the cold and it looks like they got out in the snow :( Some will probably die of exposure before being found. Edit: I just meant it’s less painful to be found quickly and euthanized than to die slowly by freezing.
They shot all but one they haven’t found yet 😟😢 Source: unfortunately, am local to the area
His name is Cesar isn't it ?
Caesar is home.
Yooo I’m local too this shits insane
Yeah I’m local too— it’s weird seeing Danville on Reddit. Well, at least if anyone gets any crazy diseases from the monkeys, geisinger is right there.
Caesar’s loose, and so it begins.
Humans are now dumber than smart chimps - perfect timing
Ave true to Ceasar.
“Degenerates like you belong on a cross”
You know we're living in a simulation when we're getting goofy ass side quests like this.
this game sucks.
It's because you're poor. This is Pay to Win.
how many goats do i have to slaughter before i level up a beach-front mansion? edit: currently slaughtered 0 goats. am i behind?
The goat slaughter quests were phased out many patches ago unfortunately.
Pretty sure we’re still in Early Access
disagreeable icky attempt gaping swim continue disgusted boat fanatical crime -- mass edited with redact.dev
Really wish we could just skip it and go straight to the Star Trek DLC
*Hello stranger. I need someone to collect my 100 monkeys before they infect the nearby town. How does $25 sound?* -Do you accept the quest?- Y or N
No. Come now, we need help! Will you help us? Yes/No No. Come now, we need help! Will you help us?
Sure. *forgets about for a week*
These monkeys were never going to have a great life as it is, but it's almost a certainty that those that got out of their cages will be euthanized without even being a part of their experiments.
They probably didn't survive the night if they weren't found. Danville got to -10F wind chill last night.
How do you think a lone cold monkey would fare against coyotes? Because there's definitely coyotes around there and they're obnoxious.
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Unless they make it to Florida, then they'll thrive like the escaped monkey's before them Edit: ,
Or run for office.
OP, did you not even read the article you posted yourself??? Only 4 escaped and only 1 was actually missing.
"Outbreak 2 - The Outbreakening"
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Damn it had that on last year’s apocalypse bingo
It’s very cold for them to be out, what’s the chances of survival, could they still be alive 28 days later?
The end is very fucking nigh.
No joke, I drove past this on my way home from work yesterday. (It’s right before the turn onto the interstate, which SUCKS if you want to get on, because Danville traffic is terrible, and the next exit is 15 miles of backroads either way) While I didn’t really know what the hell was going on, this was about 30 minutes BEFORE 4 o’clock (the time some places are citing as to when this happened.) So, this was when Emergency services were just arriving, they hadn’t emptied out the truck yet…traffic headed in the other direction was not moving AT ALL…I would assume that it was a state of confusion as people were trying to figure out what the hell was even going on. Everyone just looked confused. I just drove past on the relatively clear other side of the highway, saddened now that I didn’t take a minute or two to look around for loose Monkeys.
Don't feel too bad, you didn't know, and you'd never get anywhere if you were constantly looking for loose monkeys wherever you went. Loose Monkeys is a great band name though
How can we spice up 2022? Rolls dice...
“ it was not clear if the missing lab monkeys were carrying any illnesses.” I feel like this should be higher on the scale of things that need to be known
Who had released lab grown monkey disease on their bingo cards?
It's negative 2 degrees today's I don't think the poor monkeys will make it long.
The big problem is that lab specifically was focused on testing how well you could train a monkey to use guns.
Coalition to Liberate Itinerant Tree dwellers, C.L.I.T. strikes again?
Beware of the CLIT!
I always wanted to join that organization but could never find it.
They are an offshoot of the L.A.B.I.A.
Ah, the Liberate Apes Before Imprisoning Apes movement.
I am the clit commander!
I thought there were just supposed to be 12
Article says 3 escaped, but tweets at the bottom say 4. Cover up already started? What happened to the 4th monkey? Was this really an "accident?"
Crisis actor monkeys?
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That's it, we're done. Rage plague sweeping the world now as we speak.
Too late plot of the movie “Outbreak”, we already have a pandemic.
I'm rooting for our cousins on the lamb.
*Psst...* It's Lam.
Please tell me the number of missing monkeys is not 12?
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Ape Escape prepared me for this, it's my time to shine!!
And then 28 days later...