Kicker: Monkeys on the lam

NICK EICHER, HOST: Some monkey business last week that had nothing to do with voting and everything to do with escaping.

In South Carolina,  more than 40 macaques broke out of a research facility after an employee failed to do his job.

Evidently they went bananas!

ABC: They’ve all figured it out! There’s dozens of them!

Yeah, they figured it out … but authorities didn’t monkey around either and the most recent reports say more than half have been re-captured … but that leaves the rest still on the lam.

Matthew Garnes is administrator for the town:

GARNES: We're advising residents to keep your doors and windows secured and closed to prevent the primates from entering the home not because they're violent in nature, but because they're inquisitive.

It’s as if they were organized.

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