diff --git a/code/modules/research/xenobiology/xenobio_camera.dm b/code/modules/research/xenobiology/xenobio_camera.dm
index ea4ef0e9b7e..5dbe284026d 100644
--- a/code/modules/research/xenobiology/xenobio_camera.dm
+++ b/code/modules/research/xenobiology/xenobio_camera.dm
@@ -426,13 +426,20 @@ Due to keyboard shortcuts, the second one is not necessarily the remote eye's lo
 	if(!isopenturf(target_turf))
 		return
 
+	var/cleanup = FALSE
 	var/mob/camera/ai_eye/remote/xenobio/remote_eye = user.remote_control
 	var/obj/machinery/computer/camera_advanced/xenobio/xeno_console = remote_eye.origin
 
 	if(!xeno_console.validate_area(user, remote_eye, target_turf))
 		return
 
-	xeno_console.feed_slime(user, target_turf)
+	for(var/mob/monkey in target_turf)
+		if(ismonkey(monkey) && monkey.stat == DEAD)
+			cleanup = TRUE
+			xeno_console.monkey_recycle(user, monkey)
+
+	if(!cleanup)
+		xeno_console.feed_slime(user, target_turf)
 
 ///Picks up a dead monkey for recycling
 /obj/machinery/computer/camera_advanced/xenobio/proc/XenoMonkeyClickCtrl(mob/living/user, mob/living/carbon/human/target_mob)