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What we know after 43 monkeys escaped a South Carolina research facility (www.cbsnews.com)

submitted 1 week ago by alzjim@lemmy.world to c/world@quokk.au

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The primates broke loose from Alpha Genesis in Yemassee, Beaufort County in South Carolina.

The company confirmed 43 rhesus macaque primates escaped from an enclosure at one of the company's facilities.

The Yemassee Police Department said on Thursday that traps with bait were set up and thermal imaging cameras were being used in an effort to capture the monkeys.

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[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago (2 children)

https://wikipedia.org/wiki/12_Monkeys

Set in a post-apocalyptic future devastated by disease, the film follows a convict who is sent back in time to gather information about the man-made virus that wiped out most of the human population on the planet.

[–] Know_not_Scotty_does@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Sequel culture is getting out of hand.

[–] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 3 points 1 week ago

Yep. Immediately what I thought of as well. Must be a shitty facility if monkeys can somehow just escape like this.