I just stumbled upon this article about long-tailed macaque monkeys in Singapore causing havoc. Basically they roam the streets in groups of 20 and ransack houses - taking food, opening cupboards, overturning trash bins and pissing on the rug. It’s not even just houses anymore… Out for a game of golf, did you pack a lunch? Consider it gone if these packs of monkey’s come around. Nowhere seems safe anymore. Lock those doors and fear the monkey’s wrath! According to an article about these incidents: “It’s not that they want to attack. They just think, if you have the food, why don’t you share it? Why are you eating and not sharing? Can I have some? They cross the line.”
Here is a video of a monkey in a Singapore parking lot stealing an apple:
Here is another video of a monkey in Singapore AGAIN stealing and eating someone’s food. It’s crazy to see.
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March 2, 2007 at 7:58 am
k
These monkeys have been set up! In that first movie, the guy tossed the monkey the apple; see the way it’s rolling when the camera first drops down on it? I wouldn’t consider that stealing. In the second clip, the monkey is just eating someone’s trash.
Maybe someday, monkeys will have justice, but for now, Singapore is a prejudiced, anti-monkey society.
On the other hand, if someone had a video of a gang of monkeys breaking into someone’s home and raiding their cupboards, well, that would be pretty freaking funny.
August 27, 2007 at 12:02 pm
deen
lol.. great animal picture.. many many cute
April 11, 2008 at 5:16 am
Learn to draw
I’m glad I don’t have to deal with a pack of pissed off monkeys when I go for a picnic. I wonder what the law is in Singapore about monkeys breaking and entering. You could probably kill a human intruder but you have to let the monkeys do whatever they want.