A baby spider monkey discovered by the California Highway Patrol this week is in critical condition, but the Oakland Zoo hopes she will make a full recovery.

A baby spider monkey found on New Year’s Eve by officers with the California Highway Patrol inside a Rolls-Royce, along with a large amount of illegal cannabis and five cellphones, is fighting for her life,

We didn’t have a baby spider monkey caught rolling around in a Rolls-Royce Ghost on our 2025 bingo card, so this story out of Madera County, California is bizarre. But California Highway Patrol found just that when they pulled over the speeding ultra-luxury car and arrested the driver for alleged DUI.

A malnourished spider monkey retrieved from a Rolls Royce during a suspected DUI traffic stop was recovering in Oakland Zoo, the zoo said on Friday, January 3. “Estimated to be five to six months old,