# 43 monkeys escape from research facility in South Carolina because, why not? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 7, 2024, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/43-monkeys-escape-from-research-facility-in-south-carolina-because-why-not/1009869 "2024-11-07T17:08:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2024, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/43-monkeys-escape-from-research-facility-in-south-carolina-because-why-not/1009869/21 "2024-11-07T20:50:04Z")
Is that like mopery? How large were these monkeys? How many could fit in a barrel & is that how they made their escape? ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2024, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/43-monkeys-escape-from-research-facility-in-south-carolina-because-why-not/1009869/22 "2024-11-07T20:51:37Z")
> [@chappachula](#): > > Anybody else remember the Simpson’s episode about Jane Goodall’s monkey colony…with a special secret…?[https://youtu.be/D5Fr4ygyrMg?t=70](https://youtu.be/D5Fr4ygyrMg?t=70) [I was thinking of this episode actually](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuiK7jcC1fY) ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2024, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/43-monkeys-escape-from-research-facility-in-south-carolina-because-why-not/1009869/24 "2024-11-07T20:52:46Z")
It’s the food. The food. I tell you. And, they weren’t allowed to watch one freakin’ baseball game on TV. Time to go! ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2024, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/43-monkeys-escape-from-research-facility-in-south-carolina-because-why-not/1009869/25 "2024-11-07T20:56:35Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > It’s the food. The food. I tell you. Talking about monkey chow? (A biscuit meal made for laboratory primates to keep them happy for a bit before they are euthanized and studied). ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2024, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/43-monkeys-escape-from-research-facility-in-south-carolina-because-why-not/1009869/26 "2024-11-07T22:11:49Z")
UPDATE: They are headed for Arkansas where even armadillos find love. ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2024, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/43-monkeys-escape-from-research-facility-in-south-carolina-because-why-not/1009869/27 "2024-11-07T22:31:21Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Are there 43 typewriters missing from some place? On that note, for monkeys to actually type the complete works of Shakespeare by random chance would take longer than the lifespan of our universe: > **['Infinite monkey theorem' challenged by Australian mathematicians](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c748kmvwyv9o)** > > Australian researchers have poked holes in an old thought-experiment known as the "infinite monkey theorem". ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2024, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/43-monkeys-escape-from-research-facility-in-south-carolina-because-why-not/1009869/28 "2024-11-07T23:40:03Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > On that note We have a thread (in the Pit, no less!) devoted to that study. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/43-monkeys-escape-from-research-facility-in-south-carolina-because-why-not/1009869/29 "2024-11-08T00:00:13Z")
See > [@I pit the "infinite" monkeys study](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-infinite-monkeys-study/1009573): > > Ok it take a LOT to irritate me at this exact point in history that is not related to a certain orange felonious fascist. But this managed it: I can only assume the authors of this paper are just trolling. Of course a small finite number of monkeys in a finite amount of time could not write Shakespeare. The fact they couldn’t is like the whole point of the thought experiment. The whole point of the thought experiment is to highlight how big infinity is. An infinity is infinitely longer than t… ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/43-monkeys-escape-from-research-facility-in-south-carolina-because-why-not/1009869/30 "2024-11-08T00:06:34Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > Thirty years from now, South Carolina is going to have no birds but thousands of breeding monkeys running around the towns. They’ve taken care of that. All of the monkeys are female. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/43-monkeys-escape-from-research-facility-in-south-carolina-because-why-not/1009869/31 "2024-11-08T00:10:20Z")
Unless life… uh… finds a way… ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/43-monkeys-escape-from-research-facility-in-south-carolina-because-why-not/1009869/32 "2024-11-08T00:11:12Z")
Perhaps they’re just looking to start a monkey business. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/43-monkeys-escape-from-research-facility-in-south-carolina-because-why-not/1009869/33 "2024-11-08T00:15:34Z")
> [@DavidNRockies](#): > > You could start a Pitt thread if you’d like to discuss it further. Brad? Dirk? William? ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/43-monkeys-escape-from-research-facility-in-south-carolina-because-why-not/1009869/34 "2024-11-08T00:15:54Z")
I wonder if they’re getting the funniest looks from … everyone they meet. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/43-monkeys-escape-from-research-facility-in-south-carolina-because-why-not/1009869/35 "2024-11-08T00:39:55Z")
Excuse me, Sir; can you tell me when’s the last train to Clarksville? ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/43-monkeys-escape-from-research-facility-in-south-carolina-because-why-not/1009869/36 "2024-11-08T00:40:54Z")
Hopefully they’re not wearing those Electronium hats. > **[Guenter](https://futurama.fandom.com/wiki/Guenter)** > > "Hey! You like bananas? I got her number. How do you like them bananas?" ―Guenter\[source\] Guenter is a monkey made super-intelligent by the Electronium Hat, an invention by Professor Farnsworth. Guenter was originally an experiment to see if a monkey... ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/43-monkeys-escape-from-research-facility-in-south-carolina-because-why-not/1009869/37 "2024-11-08T00:44:15Z")
Earworm.😵‍💫 ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/43-monkeys-escape-from-research-facility-in-south-carolina-because-why-not/1009869/38 "2024-11-08T00:47:33Z")
You need the distraction right now. You can thank me next Wed when it’s still stuck on replay loop in your head. 😉 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/43-monkeys-escape-from-research-facility-in-south-carolina-because-why-not/1009869/39 "2024-11-08T00:48:38Z")
> [@WildaBeast](#): > > On that note, for monkeys to actually type the complete works of Shakespeare by random chance would take longer than the lifespan of our universe: Nah, it was only about 30 million years. Most of which was spent breeding smarter monkeys. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/43-monkeys-escape-from-research-facility-in-south-carolina-because-why-not/1009869/40 "2024-11-08T00:58:28Z")
> [@On another topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1010082/57): > > Yes I remember reading about the one back in the 90’s I think about the woman researcher at the CDC in Atlanta, a primate splashed water in her eye and I think she died rather quickly. If you’re referring to the following case, death was 42 days after exposure. The bad outcome may have been related to a delay in diagnosis and treatment. [https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00056008.htm#:~:text=On%20December%2010%2C%201997%2C%20a,splashed%20into%20her%20right%20eye](https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00056008.htm#:~:text=On%20December%2010%2C%201997%2C%20a,splashed%20into%20her%20right%20eye). ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2024, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/43-monkeys-escape-from-research-facility-in-south-carolina-because-why-not/1009869/41 "2024-11-08T01:01:27Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > death was 42 days after exposure. The bad outcome may have been related to a delay in diagnosis and treatment. Note to self: if I find myself acutely I’ll, consider mentioning the escaped monkey thing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/43-monkeys-escape-from-research-facility-in-south-carolina-because-why-not/1009869.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/43-monkeys-escape-from-research-facility-in-south-carolina-because-why-not/1009869.md?page=3)