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The first monkey in space – a true story – and a children’s book that made me cry.
November 6, 2021
Independence, Kansas is where she called home. Her habitat was an island with a castle, this much was known.Miss Able is a rhesus monkey born in Independence, Kansas in 1957. She lived in the zoo in a small stone castle called Monkey Island. This story is based on truth.
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