# Infected, aggressive Rhesus monkey escapes crashed truck in Mississippi

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**Created:** [October 28, 2025, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infected-aggressive-rhesus-monkey-escapes-crashed-truck-in-mississippi/1024371 "2025-10-28T21:39:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2025, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infected-aggressive-rhesus-monkey-escapes-crashed-truck-in-mississippi/1024371/13 "2025-10-28T23:10:29Z")

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Something similar happened almost a year ago. Most of them were quickly captured, but several evaded “rescuers” for quite some time.

> [@43 monkeys escape from research facility in South Carolina because, why not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/43-monkeys-escape-from-research-facility-in-south-carolina-because-why-not/1009869):
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> I mean, at this point does it really matter? Bring on the monkey apocalypse.

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