In the United States it is impossible to get homeowner's insurance if you own a monkey of any kind. Senator John McCain has talked about closing this "ape hole" in several of his campaign speeches, but he has never introduced any legislation addressing the issue.

In India the national emergency relief agency is trained to deal with a number of emergencies that don't occur in the United States, such as rampaging monkey hordes. They have had to deal with 4 hordes in past 15 years.

Comedienne Carol Burnett once got so stoned on psychedelic mushrooms that for three days she thought she was a howler monkey and threw her shit at anyone who tried to get close to her.