Rhesus Monkeys

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This was at the zoo some years back. But the school seemed to have been finding its way into our neighbourhood again. It is a problem to all of us as they break branches, trod on unwanted places, jump around everywhere.... this is what they are best at - monkey business. I chase it with a catapult in hand and when it sees this weapon, it runs off. Some of them are old monkeys from the same school and they used to "know me" even before I moved in to this house from the old house where they used to frequent and do all possible damage (half a mile away). Now probably human habitation is increasing, trees being felled.... so they might be running helter skelter in search of food. Look at this one on top of a branch of a coconut tree of my neighbour.

Dinu, I have read that monkeys can really cause a problem...and that one of the solutions that people came up with was to shoot roman candle fireworks at them-seems like a good idea to me, and as one who has personally had roman candle fights with friends, I can say that it is fun too! lol

We dare harm these creatures! It is considered sacred, as much as the cow. They cause all manner of mischief. I have heard that they remove roof tiles to get into houses, just like thieves, in search of food ... as well as have a bit of fun! Monkey and menace go together. They are fond of papaya leaves. I wonder if they eat them as part of their diet or as some medicatio. By doing that, they damage many leaves.

Amazing! And I thought we had problems - dealing with raccoons, neighbor dogs and cats, rabbits (and more rabbits) and deer (and lots more deer). I guess this shows we should not complain - someone always has a bigger problem than our own. Monkeys in the garden!!

Complaining -- we have made it a habit. Perhaps inspired by a proverb something like this: crying babies get their milk. I don't know if this suits here, but that is the attitude we tend to carry along, which is not advisable. We must learn to live with realities of the our own surroundings.

Close up from the Net.

You would not believe how much the one in the back looks like a troublesome kid who lives across and down the road. I hope they aren't as mean as he is. lol lol

Dinu tell us what action authorities take when an area is simply overrun with them, relocate?

Judy

Yes, following complaints from residents, the forest dept. sets up traps and then relocate them. Harming them is the last thought as this is linked with mythology. An avatar of Hanuman in Ramayana, the Epic. http://www.hindunet.org/god/Gods/hanuman/index.htm (a bit of information) They know when a trap is set up and then try to avoid the area. Behaviour of monkeys is quite interesting as they show off their intelligence in many of their actions. The chimpanzee or gorilla is also my favourite animals that I like to watch and watch. Yes indeed, that little fella has that mischievous twinkle in his eye!

Here is one of my favourites! A baby chimp.

Cant imagine monkies in the trees just like squirrels. fun to see. I grew up with an expresion that means the same as yours above. One Christmas, only one of my husband seven brothers really got any gifts...they were in college at the time. While all the boys were complaining, that mom had a favorite....she simply replied 'The squeeky wheel gets the grease'.
The following year, when asked for a list of what they want for christmas...they were far more forthcoming.

My parents went to Africa last year... In one of the first safari camps they visited, there was a man whose sole job was to keep marauding monkeys out of the dining tent. Mom struck up a conversation with him, and he was asking what it was like where she and Dad live (Pennsylvania)... she tried to explain how different it was and said that, for one thing, they had rabbits and squirrels and birds and other little animals in their back yard at home, but there were no monkeys running around. He was completely astonished, and he repeated several times, "What?? No monkeys???!!?" He just could not envision a place without monkeys, which were so commonplace to him.

HAH Critters- that reminds me of a time I was in another country and I explained to a woman I was 30 and had a 3 year old daughter. She could not believe that I didn't have a grand baby yet.

Dinu- yet another wonderful post. Thank you!

I always wanted a monkey when I was growing up until I met a few people as adults who had been "lucky" children with a monkey as a pet and the stories they told me made me grateful my cruel parents never indulged me! ;)

There was a family that kept a couple of monkeys as pets and for which they had become famous. Our family knew them. Later, my father and the man from that family worked together. There was a gap. Then, I met another friend by chance (who became my good friend ever since... another story altogether) and he happened to be the nephew of my father's friend. So to begin the conversation the first time, I referred to the monkey-petting in his grandfather' house and he was happy to share what he had known. Probably it was in the 1950s or 1960s or so. There are some people that make a living on the streets by catching and using the monkey in harness to earn their daily bread, going around streets. But this is rare nowadays.