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Stu from NYC 04-08-2021 06:56 AM
Could someone find out if he answers to the name Max.

Ours ran away a few years ago, thought he found the love of his life but would to know for sure.

Stu from NYC 04-08-2021 06:57 AM
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Originally Posted by thevillages2013 (Post 1927435)
Any video?:popcorn:
Sorry was too busy fighting him off to ask my wife to take pictures, Maybe next time

itsaly 04-08-2021 07:04 AM
Oh, that face! Love it! Thank you for sharing!

Brian & Vicki 04-08-2021 08:01 AM
We saw a monkey run across Rolling Acres one night just before dusk. We were between 466A and Rolling Acres.

Rodneysblue 04-08-2021 08:05 AM
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Originally Posted by mydavid (Post 1927487)
The first time I took the boat ride in Silver Springs, that when they took you deep into the river I saw one myself and heard the same Tarzan story.
Not Tarzan a tour boat operator brought some to the river to make it look more like as jungle back in the 1930’s

lennythenet 04-08-2021 08:58 AM
Had a bad experience there with the monkeys. Me, my husband and mom took a walk on one of the trails and encountered 2 ahead of us on the walking path. Once we stopped to take pictures of them, many more came from all sides and had us surrounded. They were jumping at us and being very aggressive. My husband yelled loud with a big roar while he jumped in the air and they all took off. Might have turned out worse for mom and I had he not been there. Scary stuff!

jmaccallum 04-08-2021 09:35 AM
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Originally Posted by mike1946 (Post 1927434)
I heard a story some time ago that they had been seen in yards along 42 in the north of the villages.
I have certainly seen lots when taking my boat up the Oklawaha and Silver River.
I also heard that they were left behind after the filming of Tarzan with Johnny Weismuller in the 1930's - you hear a lot of these stories but it's difficult to know which of them to believe.
“Some of Florida’s invasive species have been here a long time—for instance, the monkeys that live in Silver River State Park, near Silver Springs. In the 1930s, the owner of Silver Springs’ Jungle Cruise put the rhesus macaques on an island to spice up the ride for tourists. He thought the monkeys would stay put. He didn’t realize they could swim.”

Excerpt From
Oh, Florida!
Craig Pittman
Oh, Florida! on Apple Books
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RICH1 04-08-2021 09:37 AM
Great picture! Thank you for sharing. They're hundreds up there and also roaming the Villages and surrounding areas... be careful they also carry herpes

Pinball wizard 04-08-2021 09:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Stu from NYC (Post 1927496)
Sorry was too busy fighting him off to ask my wife to take pictures, Maybe next time
Awww...

But you were the love of his life!!!!

:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

Stu from NYC 04-08-2021 10:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Pinball wizard (Post 1927619)
Awww...

But you were the love of his life!!!!

:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:
Well if he was a she and was blond perhaps the story would have a different ending

Nipper 04-08-2021 11:17 AM
I also have heard that a film company brought them in and then left without them. Monkeys are. not Marti to Florida.

DaleDivine 04-08-2021 11:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Stu from NYC (Post 1927221)
Wonder if there are any here?
Lots of people monkeying around in TV.. :a040::a040:
:1rotfl::1rotfl:

stebooo 04-08-2021 12:07 PM
I just heard they live in the national forest by ocala

Velvet 04-08-2021 04:14 PM
Perfect pose for a make-up commercial.

mlmarr1 04-08-2021 07:40 PM
Gee only one... you missed bunches.. enjoy


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