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monkeys on the loose in the U.S.A.?

Jessie Sponberg — Fri, 02 Oct 2020 02:15:02 +0000

the dummy who originally brought them to Florida didn’t know monkeys could swim

it was just a legend until it wasn’t

https://facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=951075452049627&id=100014415423545

I wanted to build a monkey army

and you have to know how serious I am about that

but then I found out that a large majority of the monkeys have herpes- which fatal to humans and can be transmitted through bite or scratch. So maybe we wouldn’t spend THAT MUCH time with them but I had to at least go hang out with them. And if there wasn’t enough time (we only had 72 hours to go from Portland to Tampa Bay to the Ocala Forest and back) then we at least needed to meet them and take some selfies.

Silver Springs State Park

first day we took the kayaks hoping to spot them along the riverbank

one of us paddles and the other one takes selfies

so then we gave up on the river and tried the savannah grasses growing through the sand

still no monkeys

and then through the bog

still no monkeys

we ended up giving up for the day but keeping our vibe high. I wasn’t ready to admit defeat and held on to the belief that there was no way we could possibly fly across country and fail in the mission.

so we took the night to relax and regroup

and then came back the next day on a super short schedule

the plane home waits for nobody

we decided to stay close to the river but walk the shoreline

Then right when we were about to give up the mission

I HAD ONE LAST PLAN TO TRY

she would never lie and you can see the truth in her eyes…

SO HERE IT IS

ALL OF MY MONKEY FOOTAGE JAMMED TOGETHER FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE

look for more detailed content from this trip in the near future, including a couple alligators.

xxxxx5000g

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I’ve always wanted to capture a butterfly

Jessie Sponberg — Fri, 02 Oct 2020 00:32:02 +0000

but I didn’t have a net

just this badass Note 10+

i found this guy bouncing off flowers at a natural underground spring called Silver Glen Springs in Ocala Florida. This place was full of real cartoon style vultures but I found them easily more pleasant than the local Trump supporters

ANYWAYS THE WATER WAS REAL NICE

the only part that made it hard to handle being there was the amount of yachts with garbage ass flags

OH WELL GO WATCH THE BUTTERFLY VIDEO AGAIN

this is where part of the Black Lagoon movies was filmed in addition to a bunch more stuff that they’re very proud of

xxxx5000g

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never saw any manatees

Jessie Sponberg — Thu, 17 Sep 2020 02:13:11 +0000

https://www.instagram.com/p/BZ07BFfgwC8/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

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