[Leica] Nathan's PAD 15/10/2016: monkey business

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

Macaques are dangerous, at least here in India - they are used to humans,
have no fear and bite at the drop of a hat (their incisors are long and
fearsome!). The ones that are most common here are the Rhesus Macaques, and
as you say, woe betide anyone with anything edible in their hands who stray
too close. They are commonly found lurking around temples, and on popular
pitstops on our highways. Delhi is infested with them, and the whole troop,
quite often, come into peoples houses on raids for food. Surprisingly, they
can be controlled by introducing the far more gentle (to humans!) Langurs
into the area, who then chase away the macaques!
Cheers
Jayanand

On Sun, Oct 16, 2016 at 10:40 AM, Nathan Wajsman <natan at gmx.es> wrote:

> We are spending the weekend in Gibraltar, and yesterday we took the cable
> car to the top of the Rock to look at the awesome views of the Spanish and
> North African coasts, and of course to see the macaque monkeys who live
> there. The monkeys are everywhere, and while they are cute, they are also
> expert pickpockets and become aggressive if their personal space is not
> respected.
>
> A monkey waits for arriving tourists at the top station of the cable car.
> Woe be the person who arrives with an ice cream cone or something similar
> in his hand:
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-DkJWC8R/A
>
> This guy was being photographed by his friends next to a monkey, when the
> monkey suddenly reached out for his bag:
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-xZJqBfB/A
>
> Lots more Gibraltar images in the coming days.
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
> natan at gmx.es
>
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