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Monkey Culture

Analogue Boy said:
If you read the article, it says it did eat it “like watching the real King Kong”
(which is apparently an old documentary).
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Thanks. I didn't try the link because for the last few days my computer is so slow it practically goes in reverse. I mean that. It will shift to pages I didn't even go near with a mouse and it takes forever to load only to find out that I have to start over again. :roll:

Most people think that monkey's and apes only eat fruits, nuts and vegetation, but they like to chow down on protein every chance they get. Which isn't really that often.
 
You need a new computer and internet.
Attenborough did a famous documentary showing a troupe of monkeys hunting, killing and eating another monkey.
And they can rip your arms and face off so they’re not all that pleasant.
 
I've probably posted this pic before but I don't care, as this is pretty much my all-time favourite photograph!

I love monkeys and while cycling around Angkor Wat came across a group of macaques, propped my bike against a tree and stood back and waited for the fun and games. I only shooed them away (carefully, they're spiky little fellas!) when they started chewing the rubber cable outers.

We've got a reasonably large garden and I've often suggested getting it all caged in and setting up a small monkey sanctuary, but Mrs Cycleboy is against it. (Quite right as it's clearly a bonkers idea, and having seen that pic of the monkey and the seagull, I'm not sure our cats would be best pleased...)
 

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Not easy to fool monkeys. Vid at link.

A sleight-of-hand magic trick which often catches humans out only fools monkeys with opposable thumbs – a trait shared with humans, new research suggests.

Scientists performed a famous magic trick for three species of monkey – capuchins, squirrel monkeys and marmosets – with differing hand structures.

They discovered that in order to deceive, a conjuror needs the same anatomy as their audience.

Psychologists used a sleight-of-hand trick called the French drop, in which an object appears to vanish when a spectator assumes it is taken from one hand by the hidden thumb of the other hand. ...

https://www.breakingnews.ie/world/m...-opposable-thumbs-study-suggests-1458425.html
 
Will the monkeys be fooled?

Langur
IMAGE SOURCE, PTI Image caption, Huge cut-outs of langur monkeys have been installed in Delhi

Authorities in India's capital, Delhi, are taking steps to scare away monkeys from venues linked to the G20 summit.

Life-size cut-outs of grey langur monkeys - which scare smaller monkeys - have been put up at various places and there are plans to deploy people trained to mimic the animal's sounds.

Delhi has a huge monkey population and authorities hope these steps will keep the animals from disrupting the summit.
India will host the meeting of G20 leaders on 9 and 10 September.

Langurs are an aggressive type of monkey with long tails and dark faces. They are typically controlled on leads by specially trained handlers, who release them once other monkeys are seen.

A senior official told PTI news agency that langur cut-outs were being placed in areas heavily infested with monkeys.

Satish Upadhyay said that 30-40 trained people who can mimic sounds made by langurs will be deployed at hotels where delegates are set to stay, as well as in places where monkey sightings are reported.

Authorities are also making arrangements to provide food for monkeys in designated sites, aiming to discourage them from lingering in search of food.

On previous occasions too - including the 2010 Commonwealth Games - authorities in Delhi have tried to scare away monkeys with the help of real langurs or people who can mimic them.

In 2014, authorities hired 40 professional langur impersonators to scare away monkeys from the parliament and other government buildings in the capital.

Parliament authorities had earlier used real langurs for the same purpose, but stopped after animal rights activists said holding monkeys captive amounted to cruelty.

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-66655801
 
Exploited dancing monkeys suffer from stress.

A pair of veterinary medicine specialists at the University of Glasgow has found that the famous dancing monkeys of Pakistan have highly elevated levels of stress hormones. In their study, published in the journal Applied Animal Behaviour Science, Mishaal Akbar and Neil Price Evans, obtained and tested fur samples from tamed captive dancing monkeys in Pakistan and compared the level of stress hormones in them with similar monkeys living on a primate sanctuary in Florida.

The rhesus macaque, known more commonly as the rhesus monkey, is a species of small, old-world monkey typically weighing between 5.3 to 7.7kg. They are native to South and Central Asia and parts of the Middle East. Such monkeys are well known throughout the world due to their cuteness and intelligence as well as their use as pets, lab test animals and trained assets.

They have also been commonly used by some trainers to assist with earning money—in days past, they would appear with organ grinders as a means of goading passersby into tossing coins into a tin cup. In modern times, many of them are known as part of an attraction in Middle Eastern countries such as Pakistan, where they have been trained to dance. In this new effort, the researchers wondered about the impact of such activities on the little monkeys.

The monkeys are taken from their mothers while young and are taught to dance—typically in ways that are thought to be cute or humorous. They are always kept on leashes attached to a collar around their neck. Dancing typically takes place on sidewalks and street corners. As the monkeys dance, people who pass by are encouraged by the handler to make a donation. For many handlers, it is their only means of income.

https://phys.org/news/2023-11-monkeys-pakistan-highly-elevated-stress.html
 
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