There’s no easy way to say this, but there are some escaped research monkeys running around Mississippi right now. It’s probably not a problem, but maybe it’s something you want to be aware of. The monkeys escaped after a truck tipped over on the highway earlier this week, and some of their brethren were euthanized under the false belief that they were carrying a host of infectious diseases. Hoo boy! Here’s what we know about the situation.

How did the monkeys escape in the first place?

On Tuesday, a truck transporting 21 rhesus monkeys overturned on a Mississippi highway in Jasper County. A few of the monkeys, which were being transported from a research center connected to Tulane University, escaped from the truck about 85 miles southeast of Jackson. Speaking with the New York Times

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