Mississippi authorities have captured an escaped monkey that had been on the lam since Tuesday after the truck carrying it flipped over a highway median, the Jasper County Sheriff's Department said.

A homeowner found the monkey on his property near Heidelberg, Mississippi, according to a social media statement posted early Sunday. The Mississippi Department of Wildlife and Fisheries responded, and the rhesus macaque is now in the department’s possession. Two other monkeys remain on the loose.

The apprehended monkey was being transported along with 20 other macaques from Tulane University’s National Biomedical Research Center on the northshore when the truck carrying them crashed. Initial reports from the scene claimed the monkeys were “aggressive” and may have been infected with he

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