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Truck hauling ‘aggressive’ monkeys carrying herpes and COVID overturns in Mississippi

By WLBT Staff

Published: Oct. 28, 2025 at 1:54 PM CDT

Updated: 1 hour ago

In this Friday, Nov. 10, 2017 photo, a rhesus macaques monkey observes kayakers as they...

In this Friday, Nov. 10, 2017 photo, a rhesus macaques monkey observes kayakers as they navigate along the Silver River in Silver Springs, Fla.(John Raoux | AP)

JASPER COUNTY, Miss. (WLBT) - A truck hauling “aggressive” monkeys has overturned in Mississippi.

According to authorities, the Rhesus monkeys were on their way to a testing facility in Florida after being at Tulane University.

Truck hauling ‘aggressive’ monkeys carrying herpes and COVID overturns in Mississippi

Truck hauling ‘aggressive’ monkeys carrying herpes and COVID overturns in Mississippi(Jasper County Sheriff's Department)

The incident happened on I-59 near mile marker 117, which is north of Heidelberg, Mississippi.

The monkeys are 40 pounds and are “aggressive,” authorities say. They are also carrying hepatitis C, herpes, and COVID.

The Jasper County Sheriff’s Office says that Tulane University has been notified and will send a team to pick up the monkeys on Wednesday.

The university says that if the monkeys leave the wreck site, they must be shot.

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