Spider monkeys were found smuggled in a backpack in Texas

Border Patrol agents found seven spider monkeys in a backpack when they arrested a man trying to smuggle animals into the United States from Mexico.

According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, at least six species of spider monkeys living in Central and South America are considered endangered.

The monkeys were given to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service.

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