Police in Horry County, South Carolina, said this week that they are searching for two missing emus that have been evading capture for months: "We are not emu-sed."

Authorities say Just eight monkeys remain free from the group who broke out of a South Carolina compound that breeds the primates for medical research.

First, monkeys escape a research facility; now, emus are on the run in South Carolina. On Wednesday, Horry County officials announced that two emus escaped from their owner after social media posts started circulating.

A Port Royal, South Carolina, taproom set up a lab-monkey-themed run after 43 monkeys escaped a research facility in Yemassee. Shellring Ale Works alongside Dustbone Apparel and Grounded Running are hosting a Lab Monkey Freedom Run on Sunday at 2 p.m.

Authorities say two monkeys have been returned to a South Carolina compound that breeds the animals for medical research.

The monkeys escaped after a worker at a research center left an enclosure unlocked. One monkey was captured Saturday, and another 24 on Sunday, while the rest remain at large.

There was animal mayhem in South Carolina as two emus went on the loose – while eight escaped monkeys were already at large. Reports of two large emus running riot in the city of Loris, in Horry County, SC, followed an incident last week when 43 monkeys escaped an Alpha Genesis facility in Beaufort County, SC, the Yemassee Police Department said.

More than half of the rhesus macaque monkeys that escaped from a South Carolina lab have been recovered. As of Monday evening, 30 of the 43 furry runaways, that broke loose Wednesday from the Alpha Genesis Primate Research Center in Yemasee,