314: Mercenary Monkeys
Update: 2024-06-25
Description
Smarter than the mafia, more cunning than a pickpocket in Paris, long-tailed macaques in Bali are all about snatching valuables from tourists and bargaining for tasty snacks.
Show Notes:
Long tailed macaques info from the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center
YouTube BBC Video of things getting stolen!!
Scientific Reports paper: Cohort dominance rank and “robbing and bartering” among subadult male long-tailed macaques at Uluwatu, Bali
Poor kiddo bitten by a monkey while touring
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