Yes, there are monkeys in Puerto Rico |
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There are indeed monkeys in Puerto Rico. Not natural to the island, there are efforts underway to control the growing monkey population.
The rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) and patas monkeys (Erythrocebus patas) escaped from the La Parguera Primate Facility (Caribbean Primate Research Center of the University of Puerto Rico’s Medical Sciences Campus) in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s and are primarily concentrated on the Southwest side of the island in the communities of Sierra Bermeja, Lajas, Cabo Rojo, and San German, according to the United States Centers for Disease Control.
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You probably won't encounter a monkey (outside of a zoo) in your visit to Porta Caribe. But, if you do, for no reason should you approach a monkey or try to touch it. The monkeys, while fascinating, can be aggressive and are wild animals. Some of them are sick.
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Almost all the outstanding things to do in Layas, Puerto Rico, involve the water. Whether its kayaking, taking a water taxi out to cays, deep sea fishing, scuba diving, La Parguera in Lajas is the place to do it.
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