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Monkey troupe vexes Florida park, goes viral on social media

Published on July 11, 2017 in Apolitical/Top Headlines by Tamara Lush

There’s an upswing in monkey business in and around a state park in Florida, where bands of non-native rhesus macaques live along a river that’s popular with kayakers and tourists. Officials have closed two walking areas at Silver Springs State Park because of unwanted monkey interactions with park guests. An observation deck and a boardwalk are off-limits because the primates have essentially taken over.

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Florida wildlife officials: Be on lookout for Pasco monkey

Published on October 27, 2016 in The Bay and the 'Burg by Associated Press

Florida state wildlife officials are asking the public to be on the lookout for a monkey in Pasco County. According to Fox 13 television station the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission says they’ve received reports of a rhesus macaque in the area of Hudson Beach this week. Rhesus macaques are not native to Florida and officials aren’t sure how it got there. But they don’t want it there much longer. Wildlife officials snapped a photo of the primate sitting on…

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