{"id":118632,"date":"2023-09-09T21:39:06","date_gmt":"2023-09-09T21:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/?p=118632"},"modified":"2023-09-09T21:39:06","modified_gmt":"2023-09-09T21:39:06","slug":"monkey-dubbed-ninja-joe-breaks-out-of-research-breeding-lab-to-find-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/world-news\/monkey-dubbed-ninja-joe-breaks-out-of-research-breeding-lab-to-find-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Monkey dubbed Ninja Joe breaks out of research breeding lab to find love"},"content":{"rendered":"
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    A research monkey has escaped from a laboratory breeding facility and is now prowling the surrounding area looking for love.<\/p>\n

    The vervet monkey known as Ninja Joe has been seen by locals in the Fort Lauderdale area of Florida, US.<\/p>\n

    According to Doctor Missy Williams, founder of the Dania Beach Vervet project, Ninja Joe is looking for a girlfriend.<\/p>\n

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    Each time Joe is spotted, Dr. Williams and her team head to the scene to track him down, but each time he escapes them.<\/p>\n

    Speaking to 7News, Dr Williams explained: "He left his needle group, and he's currently out searching for love in Fort Lauderdale, not knowing that there are limited choices out there, so we're rooting for him.<\/p>\n

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    "I would argue that most people in the dating pool in South Florida would agree, regardless of what species, the dating pool is limited."<\/p>\n

    Ninja Joe has begun the search for love after reaching sexual maturity \u2013 typically around the age of five for vervet monkeys.<\/p>\n

    Dr Williams has been fielding tips all week in hopes of tracking down the elusive Ninja Joe. Around the age of five, male vervet monkeys become sexually mature and start the search for a girlfriend.<\/p>\n

    "What we're having is classic male behaviour," explained Dr Williams.<\/p>\n

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