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A truck carrying 21 rhesus monkeys to a testing facility in Florida overturned on Tuesday, Oct. 28, setting the primates loose

The Jasper County Sheriff's Department initially warned that the monkeys were “aggressive” and claimed they posed a health risk

However, Tulane University later released a statement saying the monkeys had "not been exposed to any infectious agent"

Rhesus monkeys being transported from Tulane University escaped from an overturned truck following an accident in Mississippi.

The Jasper County Sheriff's Department announced the news in a Facebook post on Tuesday, Oct. 28, warning that the monkeys posed a health risk and were “aggressive.”

“It has been reported that several monkeys are on the loose,” they wrote, before warning, “Do not approach the

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