Today, in a picture . . .

[lostinfla]

When Hurricane Andrew went through Miami, the zoo lost a lot of animals and birds to the environment. That may be the reason.

 

[Headhunter]

Wow Jim that was one hell of a storm. Sorry that your RV garage got taken out. Knowing you it will be back up in no time, bigger and better.

Just take it in stride like you always do. The RV park looks great. Will be seeing you on the 4th.

REgards HH

 

[FLSteve]

I think this is the back story on the monkeys (from the internet)​

Silver Springs Park has been one of the main tourist attractions of the place, but the monkey infestation began about 80 years ago. Now they are almost 300 in number, and their population is expected to double in the next few years.

The monkeys belong to the species Rhesus macaque, indigenous to south and southeast Asia. So how did these monkeys land up in the Floridan Silver Springs Park?

In 1938, a tour boat operator, Colonel Tooey, released just 6 Rhesus macaque monkeys onto a small island, later converted to Silver Springs Park. His motive was to create a park closely resembling the Tarzan story; therefore, he procured the monkeys from New York City.

But what Colonel Tooey didn’t know is that this particular species of monkeys are excellent swimmers – they escaped the premises within minutes of releasing them. Thus, to replace them, six more monkeys were bought. They, too, escaped like the previous batch. By the early 1980s, these monkeys had already spread across what now is the 5000-acre Silver Springs Park.

As they began to grow in numbers, the Floridan government ordered the removal of 1000 of these monkeys from the place between 1984 and 2012. 20 female monkeys of the same species were sterilized too.

The officials believe that if they can sterilize half of the existing female population, they can significantly reduce the growth of this species. However, the removal and sterilization procedure was stopped in 2012 when authorities discovered that these monkeys were sold to biomedical researchers to be experimented upon. This raised concern among animal rights researchers too.

 

[Jim]

It’s a little warm today. . .

 

[MemoriesByTheMile]

FL in June!
Whatcha thinking’?

 

[Jim]

FL in June!
Whatcha thinking’?

Expanding my empire! lol

 

[Holdmybeer]

Intriguing watching the Brown Pelicans riding the wind currents along Mustang Island. Sometimes they’ll fly in an echelon for miles without ever flapping their wings. Then when they spot a school of mullet it’s on.

 

[Jim]

Took Ryker for a walk this AM and a couple of Manatees swam by. Of course, I didn't have a camera. Later in the day I was back at the river and another one came by. All I had is my phone, but it was better than nothing. River is really beautiful this time of year.

 

[redbaron]

Enjoying a Texas storm with Tornadoes to the east, hail to the north and west, and all converging at points predicted to miss us. We should get some rain.

 

[Rollin Ollen]

Enjoying a Texas storm with Tornadoes to the east, hail to the north and west, and all converging at points predicted to miss us. We should get some rain.

Stay safe!!

 

[redbaron]

Stay safe!!

We got the rain and winds. No hail, no damage. Heading to Carlsbad today and hoping to get some good pictures.

 

[Holdmybeer]

The same line rolled through the DFW around 10 last night. Up to 80 mph winds in Denton Co. just N. but fortunately here mostly 40-50 mph and no hail. I was sweating the hail, my MH is out of covered storage on the street here.

 

[GlampDaddy]

The Vineyards Campground in Grapevine TX was a safe place last night. No big winds, no hail or tornadoes, just an inch of rain. Glad everyone was safe.

 

[redbaron]

Made it to Carlsbad…and so did the storms. Again we find ourselves on the north west edge of the system that should be moving south east. We should be fine.

Here is a few pics of the area. Staying in Whites City, NM

 

[Neal]