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Souvenirs are usually inanimate doodads, so we must update the story of the man who smuggled a pygmy marmoset from Peru under his hat. The monkey attracted attention not from airport screeners in Lima or in Fort Lauderdale (where Spirit Airlines Flight 180 connected) but from passengers on the flight to Laguardia who noticed the monkey hanging from the man's ponytail.
Our favorite part of the story is how other passengers apparently asked the man if he knew he had a monkey on him. Or maybe how the monkey sat quietly next to the man after the discovery. Or perhaps how Spirit Airlines spokeswoman Alison Russell said, "It is kind of a spirited monkey. That will be the nickname of the monkey: Spirit."
However, our most unfavorite part of the story is from the Daily News: "Laura Uselding, a spokeswoman for the Transportation Security Administration, said that had the monkey been carrying weapons or explosives, an alarm would have triggered." Thanks, TSA, we can't bring our sunblock or our bottle of water (we have to buy a $4 bottle at the gate), but we can illegally bring monkeys onto the plane.
Customs and Border Protection told the Post, "Generally speaking, anytime someone is bringing in an animal and it's not properly caged, cared for and declared, they would be quarantined. We aware of the incident and we're working with the other agencies to determine the exact circumstances of how this non human primate got into the country. Clearly there's some monkey business on somebody's part."
The CDC has taken Spirit for disease testing and will quarantine it for 31 days (quick, time to Netflix Outbreak again). If healthy, the monkey could head to a zoo. We hope that his life in the U.S. will be better than being peddled on the streets of Lima. And the Bronx Zoo has pygmy marmosets - no need to smuggle them in!
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Hope the guy gets his monkey back
#1 is a freakin' idiot. The monkey needs to be put to sleep and the man also quarantined and jailed! It is not Curious George, it's a diseased primate. If there's an outbreak we know who to blame.
I want a monkey
do we know if it is diseased?
no, we don't know if it is diseased. #2 just obviously hates monkeys, lol. the whole point of the quarantine is to discover if it IS diseased, #2...
Just FYI, this link was the first story of major headlines on Google (at least as of this writing)...I think that's neato.
-- Invader from SFist
New York animal control officials said the monkey appeared to be healthy, the Associated Press news agency reported.
I want a little monkey, too! How cute!
And the only idiot here is #2 for saying the monkey should be put to sleep.
Why should the monkey be killed because of what this man did?
What should really be done is the monkey should be sent back to Peru - to his natural habitat.
Otherwise, a zoo or wildlife reserve would be the next best place for the little guy.
KSDallas
The second comment from guest about putting the monkey to sleep is a fool. What would make you assume that the monkey was diseased and deserves the death penalty any more than any other passenger on the plane? I think you have a sick mind to be that frightened by nature. FYI, you are a diseased primate.
Guest
that's a cute monkey, any monkey that can handle an airline flight and not cause a commotion is OK with me.
He's a good little monkey.
That's hilarious #2. I'm sure the man would choose to smuggle a clearly diseased monkey. And I'm sure we should put all monkeys to sleep regardless of whether or not they're diseased. Stupid diseased monkeys.
A pygmy marmoset.
The first report said it was a spider monkey. I kept thinking 'that man must have one hell of a ponytail to have a spider monkey hanging from it.'
on a disgusting not so pleasant day...this kind of really helps. hehe.
All you fools watched too many dramatized movies about wild monkeys saving lives and solving crimes, and thought that it's real life. Obviously it's a wild animal no matter how well behaved it was, and there's no 100% guarantee that after quarantine it would be disease free. That's why there are laws against illegal smuggling of animals, and the dude should be punished. I say this for any animals illegally smuggled into the US.
#2
PRAY FOR MO-JO
#2 knows what they are talking about. they are related. pygmy marmoset=very small monkey
#2 = very small mind
Monkeys make cool pets!
All of these irresponsible people need to be made an example of: I am very concerned that now terrorists will be smuggling in highly trained primates to operate Revolutionary War-era submarines packed with explosives!
I like how the guy from the Post tried to sound intelligent by saying "non human primate"
But is this crazier than the woman who tried to smuggle baby aligators in her pants? Not so sure.
Was the Post guy refering to the smuggler? A marmoset is a primate, as are humans, monkeys and apes. Either way the primate needs to be put to sleep.
I heard it can say "Mama", and they named it Ceasar.