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Puerto Rico's Monkey Island Lures Scientists For Generations

The isle of Cayo Santiago has been home to at least nine generations of rhesus monkeys since the colony's founding in 1938. Primatologists here seek clues to primate kinship, cognition and ecology.

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    "These monkeys naturally carry herpes B, a version of the virus that can be deadly to humans."

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    • Gozzin
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      I'm sure not going there.

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