Morgan Island

Morgan Island

Morgan Island a.k.a the Monkey Island is a 4,500-acre sea island off the coast of South Carolina. The island is uninhabited and is home to a breeding colony of approximately 3,500 rhesus monkeys, who are naturally infected with Herpes B, which is deadly to humans. The island has become a Primate Research Center. Only researchers are allowed on the island and their first rule on the island is not to get peed upon by the monkeys. Tourists aren’t allowed on the island.

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