While invasive species like Burmese pythons, housing-eating African land snails and giant Amazonian river monsters may get all the headlines, it's easy to forget that Florida is also home to hundreds of STD-riddled monkeys. And, earlier this month, a boater rolled up on a few dozen of these primates practicing some impressive high dives. In a video posted to Facebook by Ocala resident Matthew Schwanke on Dec. 3, dozens of invasive rhesus macaques can be seen jumping from trees into the Silver River below.
While invasive species like Burmese pythons, housing-eating African land snails and giant Amazonian river monsters may get all the headlines, it's easy to forget that Florida is also home to hundreds of STD-riddled monkeys. And, earlier this month, a boater rolled up on a few dozen of these primates practicing some impressive high dives. In a video posted to Facebook by Ocala resident Matthew Schwanke on Dec. 3, dozens of invasive rhesus macaques can be seen jumping from trees into the Silver River below.