Monkeys were roaming around a central Florida county, and people caught the unusual incident on camera and called police.
A primate sighting was reported from Groveland last week, and a few days later, neighbors in Clermont said they had seen the wildlife as well.
“When I went to pick up my daughter from school, what I saw was [what] I thought it was a cat. When I got closer, I realized it was a monkey,” Maxel Miranda said. FOX 35 Orlando. His footage showed the monkey walking on all fours behind Southlake High School.
Another video taken by a resident shows a monkey walking on the roof of a house on April 30th.
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Over the past week, monkeys have been spotted in the wild in areas of central Florida. (Miranda’s Kitchen)
“This monkey crossed the road and I had to look twice because I didn’t think it was actually a monkey” Aim Krug he told FOX 35. She said she saw the monkey while driving home from work.
Clermont police confirmed to the television station that there was one monkey sighting on Sunday and a second sighting on Tuesday.
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A monkey was spotted standing on its hind legs next to a busy street in central Florida. (Miranda’s Kitchen)
Linda Wasko, primate expert at Primate Paradise in Osteen, Florida They identified the Groveland macaque as a rhesus macaque. She told FOX 35 the monkeys may have migrated from the Wekiva River area, possibly from a group that came from Silver Springs in the 1930s.
Macaques are omnivores, eating lizards, frogs, and birds. They typically avoid contact with humans and usually stick to the military, Wasko said.
Wasko recommends anyone who encounters a macaque report it to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC).
I was caught by a monkey walking on all fours on the sidewalk. Sightings were reported by residents last week. (Miranda’s Kitchen)
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“I can’t believe it! I have raccoons in the attic, and sometimes squirrels and stuff, but I’ve never seen a monkey. It’s just crazy,” homeowner Simon Wiefer told FOX 35. Ta. I’ll definitely be a little more careful when I go out in the garden from now on. ”
