Monkey On Western Move
Posted by: Loren Coleman on November 25th, 2009
Florida wildlife officials speaking from Oldsmar, Florida, said a loose monkey spotted last week in Hillsborough County appears to have jumped the border to Pinellas County.
This new photo of a feral monkey does not appear to match earlier descriptions of a baboon.
Yet another photo of the elusive monkey, this one from an apartment complex in Oldsmar.
The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office said a monkey, believed to be a member of the macaque family, was spotted Monday at Boot Ranch Apartments in Oldsmar, three days after the final sighting of a similar primate in Hillsborough County, the St. Petersburg Times reported Monday.
Yet a third recent photo of a monkey (this from The Money Times) that has been associated with this week’s sightings in Florida has been published. But is the coloring on this monkey match the reddish tint of the earlier Tampa photo, below?
Peter Masa/Tampa Tribune photo.
Gary Morse, spokesman of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, said a map of the monkey sightings appears to depict a diagonal path headed for the Gulf of Mexico.
“It wouldn’t surprise me if it was the same one, and in fact I suspect it would be. Those animals can get around pretty fast,” Morse said. “How many monkeys have you seen in Pinellas and Hillsborough counties?”
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If the original picture wasn’t an orange tabbi and has to be a monkey, then it would be a Golden Lion Tamarin (or Golden Marmoset).
The top photo may be similar to the second, but the second is bigger in stature. Same goes for the third. The third pic is of a young monkey. Are we sure someone hasn’t released animals from a testing facility?
Look at the Wee Little Booger Go!!!
Won’t take it THAT long to reach the Gulf, I reckon.
Hopefully it will be captured and put in an suitable environment.
The third pic is an orange tabby, it a frontal pic, you see it’s facing the lens in the pic.