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Monkey business: Researchers find origins of Florida colony

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DANIA BEACH, Fla. – A colony of monkeys has lived for about 70 years in urban South Florida, near jets taking off from a nearby airport and fuel storage tanks.

No one was quite sure where they came from. Until now. Researchers at Florida Atlantic University say they have traced the colony's origins to the Dania Chimpanzee Farm.

The South Florida SunSentinel reported Wednesday there was a monkey escape from the farm in 1948, with most of the monkeys recaptured.

But not all of them. The rest disappeared into a mangrove swamp, where their descendants live today. The FAU team said the colony currently numbers about 41.

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