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

[RicCarter]

there’s NOTHING funny about monkey business!

but, i like the pics


ric




> On Oct 16, 2016, at 1:35 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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>> 
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>> 
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