Yahoo Lifestyle These Jokes About The Escaped Monkeys In South Carolina Are, Unfortunately, Very Funny
If you've been avoiding the internet this past week, you might not know about the escaped lab monkeys in South Carolina.
Yes, escaped lab monkeys.
Forty-three rhesus macaque monkeys escaped from a research facility in Yemassee, South Carolina, on Wednesday after an employee accidentally left a door open.
Yemassee Police Chief Gregory Alexander told the AP, "They are not infected with any disease whatsoever. They are harmless and a little skittish."
On Saturday, officials caught one monkey.
On Sunday, they caught 24 more.
And at the time of publishing this, there are still 18 monkeys running free.
The AP says that these monkeys have been "subjects of human research since the 1800s."
Monkeys that escaped a lab have been subjects of human research since the 1800s https://t.co/GnFJs5Uow0
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 9, 2024
AP Images/ Twitter: @AP
To which people are, like, huh?!
Wait. They said the monkeys were babies … but they’re actually over 200 years old??? https://t.co/EwSbdrzmsU
— Mandy Powers Norrell (@MPowersNorrell) November 10, 2024
"HOW OLD ARE THESE FUCKING MONKEYS?!?" this person said.
HOW OLD ARE THESE FUCKING MONKEYS?!? https://t.co/fIW14siYwt
— Deebs (@DeebsFLA) November 9, 2024
"WHY ARE THEY IMMORTAL WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO THEM," another person said.
WHY ARE THEY IMMORTAL WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO THEM https://t.co/drGcxkaGJw
— Sorcha Ní Nia (@Luiseach) November 9, 2024
The reactions to the story have been very funny.
43 monkeys walk into a bar...
— Just Bill (@WilliamAder) November 9, 2024
And it seems like everyone is rooting for the monkeys!
I’m rooting for the monkeys that escaped the research lab
— i mean, i guess (@Goochi_Quintana) November 9, 2024
As this person said, "Ok here we go, some regular good old fashioned News for a change, lets goooo."
ok here we go, some regular good old fashioned News for a change, lets goooo https://t.co/XtmhAqcHTY
— fredesque (@FredTaming) November 7, 2024
Here are some of the funniest reactions to this whole thing:
Didn't the Rise of the Planet of the Apes start like this? https://t.co/AtthLFE4yn
— not greg. (@mistergeezy) November 10, 2024
43 monkeys jumping on the bed,One fell off and-Me: HONEY CALL THE COPS I FOUND THEM
— Rodney Lacroix (@RodLacroix) November 10, 2024
[gently waking my mom] I'm in a gang now. With 43 monkeys.
— FᎪᎢ ᏩᎪNᎠᎪᏞF (@sofarrsogud) November 9, 2024
I’m rooting for the 200 year old monkeys https://t.co/ap90XbLbUt
— Duncan Smith (@DuncanSmithNBA) November 10, 2024
Forty research monkeys have escaped from the Alpha Genesis Facility known as “Monkey Island” in SC…. That doesn’t sound like a science fiction B movie at all….
— Mandy Powers Norrell (@MPowersNorrell) November 7, 2024
i would not return the monkeys, I would simply inexplicably have 43 new ugly little children
— andie 2, revenge of the andie (@the_worst_vibes) November 9, 2024
A simpler time, when 12 Monkeys sounded like a lot.
— Bummer T. Vibes, Esq (@VibesBummer) November 10, 2024
This is actually one of those monkeys that escaped from the research facility https://t.co/wzaUgdyyUS
— Brook (@brook_the_mommy) November 10, 2024
Right now those escaped monkeys are basically the only thing keeping me going
— Frances Klein (@fklein907) November 9, 2024
What if we kissed underneath the tree filled with escaped research monkeys
— Brunette Bohemian (@Jane_Doe82) November 8, 2024
I got 99 problems and 43 of them are escaped monkeys.
— Bob Phillips (@BobTheSuit) November 10, 2024
Help me, 43 escaped research monkeys, you’re my only hope!
— Madame Lifewaster Jr. 😐💀 (@elunatyk) November 10, 2024
And lastly:
If you see one of the 43 escaped monkeys from the research lab in South Carolina, no you didn’t.
— Rabbit (@vinylrabbit) November 8, 2024
