The Wild Monkeys Who Took Over Silver Springs
A boat operator released a handful of monkeys onto a Silver Springs island in the 1930s. He did not know they could swim. Today hundreds of wild rhesus macaques roam the riverbanks near Ocala.
A boat operator released a handful of monkeys onto a Silver Springs island in the 1930s. He did not know they could swim. Today hundreds of wild rhesus macaques roam the riverbanks near Ocala.
Silver Springs glass-bottom boats have been revealing crystal-clear underwater worlds since the 1870s, making this one of Florida’s oldest and most iconic attractions.