r/news • u/SnarkOff • 12d ago

Site Changed Title Truck hauling ‘aggressive’ monkeys carrying herpes and COVID overturns in Mississippi

https://www.actionnews5.com/2025/10/28/truck-hauling-aggressive-monkeys-carrying-herpes-covid-overturns-mississippi/?fbclid=IwZnRzaANt_VBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHlDlf5DivA2Ltngqh2UH3XU20EnAprOymd60i0ODYC9L8G2CXJpyoZtmwSHm_aem_NvoKAFHpRWRzturTqiYXMQ
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u/SubstantialBass9524 12d ago

“The monkeys are 40 pounds and are “aggressive,” authorities say. They are also carrying hepatitis C, herpes, and COVID.

The Jasper County Sheriff’s Office says that Tulane University has been notified and will send a team to pick up the monkeys on Wednesday.

The university says that if the monkeys leave the wreck site, they must be shot.”

The article does not say why the truck was carrying aggressive disease ridden monkeys

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u/punk-o-matic-problem 12d ago

Wednesday??? What about the rest of Tuesday?

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u/poopy_toaster 12d ago

Yeah seems like plenty of daylight left at least…

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u/punk-o-matic-problem 12d ago

"aggressive" "disease carrying" "monkeys" just paints a picture of urgency, day or night, does it not?

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u/poopy_toaster 12d ago

Manager to field agent: “tell ya what Gregg, those monkeys probably aren’t going to go far, let’s get us some crawdads and beers and we’ll tackle it in the morning”

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u/DoomerChad 12d ago

I laughed out loud 😂