Did you ever buy anything from those old 70s era comic book ads?

[Darren_Garrison]

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Old Magazine Ad: Spider Monkeys Through The Mail

This must have been 25+ years ago but there used to be an ad every month in the back of Boy’s Life magazine that advertised live spider monkeys you could purchase through the mail. The ad featured a picture of a little spider monkey sitting in a teaspoon. Does anybody remember this? I can’t imagine how it was shipped or how traumatized this poor monkey must have been upon delivery. What happened to all these monkeys? They couldn’t possible have made good pets. If they survived the shipping p…