Post #620420 by TikiTomD on Tue, Jan 10, 2012 4:04 PM

An earlier part of this thread noted that there were and probably still are wild monkeys living along the Space Coast of Florida, originating in the 1970s from the long-defunct Johnny Weissmuller’s Tropical Wonderland attraction in Titusville. The original Tarzan the Ape Man is also connected with a much older and more successful wild monkey colony in another part of Florida. Its ever expanding population made the news this week on television and in print, with one sighting in Palm Coast, only a few miles from my beach house in Flagler Beach...

The Orlando Sentinel January 8, 2012

This article traces the origin of the Silver Springs monkeys back to the filming of Tarzan movies in the 1930s...

The Wrap March 12, 2010

In yet another part of Florida, Patas monkeys made a daring escape into the wild. According to the Honolulu Zoo web site, these are probably the fastest primates on earth...

Wake Up America April 23, 2008

Borrowing a line from Bugs Bunny, “Run for the hills folks, or you'll be up to your armpits in monkeys!”

-Tom

[ Edited by: TikiTomD 2012-01-10 17:22 ]