Is That a Monkey Under Your Shirt...?

"Or are you just happy to see me?" Surely at least one person thought to ask Gypsy Lawson that question on her journey from Bangkok back home to Spokane, a plane trip which she made with an adorable and illegal baby Rhesus Macaque snuggled smuggled under her blouse. Bringing the monkey back to the States violated any number of federal laws, as well as the Endangered Species Act, and Gypsy Lawson and her accomplice mother are now in big trouble. Though the duo did have a layover at Sea-Tac on their way to Thailand, the flights back took them through L.A.; they made it through customs before someone caught on to the woman's false pregnancy.

It's still not known why Lawson thought this was a good idea, though baby rhesus monkeys are frickin' cute, and they have been known to adapt fairly well to living in human communities (in India, the Hindus consider them sacred). But the Red Uakari monkey has longer hair, which she could have had hours of enjoyment brushing and braiding. If we're just going for cute, why not get a Kinkajou? Or, and we realize this isn't quite as badass, it is undeniably true that shih-tzus score very highly on the cuteness scale.

Eh, she was probably getting some kind of money out of the deal, and for that we will find it hard to forgive her. Better to smuggle out of love than for profit, our mother always told us.