It’s a jungle out there! Multiple emus on the loose in South Carolina – while 8 escaped lab monkeys also still large

A man said his two emus were on the loose in Loris, South Carolina and needed to be tranquilized so that they can be returned home - (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

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.