A couple of weeks ago Angie (Justabird) arranged for a pontoon boat trip up the Silver River all the way into Silver Springs with a friend of hers that runs river tours. You may find information on my website about these tours and a few river scenics. The wild monkeys have been released there on an island back in the 50's, however these monkeys were good swimmers and have migrated away from their intended secluded island and can be found all along the Silver River. I'm not sure of the species but they are not very large, that is until one of them decides to jump in your boat.
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A couple of weeks ago Angie (Justabird) arranged for a pontoon boat trip up the Silver River all the way into Silver Springs with a friend of hers that runs river tours. You may find information on my website about these tours and a few river scenics. The wild monkeys have been released there on an island back in the 50's, however these monkeys were good swimmers and have migrated away from their intended secluded island and can be found all along the Silver River. I'm not sure of the species but they are not very large, that is until one of them decides to jump in your boat.
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On a pontoon river boat tour of this famous river ( the movie The Yearling was shot here)I found several groups of monkeys. These were originally part of the Silver Springs animal exhibits that jumped ship....literally and swam and fled into the surrounding jungles. It was originally thought that the monkeys would never swim off their island...Wrong! That had done that back into the early 50's when I went there in our boat back when I was 15.
They do make great subjects when in these surroundings and not caged and really are inquisitive and put on a show.
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