A hilarious video has been making rounds on social media wherein a langur is seen trying its hands on a computer. Watch the video below
This is not the first time langurs have been used as a tool to resolve the monkey problem during a major international event. Live langurs were rented and placed on space when the Commonwealth Games were held in Delhi in 2010.
Uttar Pradesh: Farmers in Jahan Nagar village have found a unique way, in order to protect sugarcane crops from monkeys. Check here.
Man and animal co-exist in a village in the Osmanabad district of Maharashtra. Not just this, 34 acres of land have been reserved for monkeys.
Vrindavan: As per what is seen in the video, the monkeys did not harm any of the officials and returned the spectacles.
A monkey is suspected to have called the authorities from a zoo after an investigation into the matter pointed out that no human was involved in the 'prank call'.
Bareilly Chief Conservator of Forests Lalit Verma said that the incident has been reported and a team of forest department has been sent to conduct an investigation.
The 31-second video clip revealed a leopard climbing stealthily on a tree before making a sudden leap onto another to kill its prey, a baby monkey. Although the big cat manages to pounce on the little creature and grab it in its mouth, the giant leap forces the leopard to tumble down from a great height.
The cops said that evidence related to the case was kept in a bag under a tree inside the court premise when a monkey stole it. Apart from the knife (primary evidence), 15 other important evidence related to the case, were also taken by the monkey.
Sachin Kand, Beed Forest Officer said, "Two monkeys involved in the killing of dogs have been captured by a Nagpur Forest Department team in Beed. Both the monkeys are being shifted to Nagpur to be released in a nearby forest."
Only 14 monkeys could be rescued from the lot, while around 46 died due to poisoning.
According to the report, the vet had sought treatment in several hospitals, but he eventually died on May 27. For now, his close contacts were said to be safe.
Ever heard of a monkey being given a life sentence. The Kanpur zoo has a monkey that will remain behind the bars for all its life. The monkey, named 'Kalua', is a native of Mirzapur district. He has bitten over 250 persons in Mirzapur, of whom one died.
Researchers have discovered the fossil of a tiny monkey species, about the size of a cottontail rabbit, that lived in Kenya about 4.2 million years ago.
In 2007, the Delhi High Court had asked the city government to provide cages for catching monkeys and municipal corporations to place them at various spots. The court directed authorities to shift the monkeys caught to the Asola sanctuary and the forest department to provide them food so that they do not venture out. In a bid to prevent monkeys from returning to human habitations, it had also directed authorities to erect a 15-feet wall in "the outer area of the sites where the monkeys are to be shifted".
The observations came after the Environment Ministry submitted that release of funds for research on an immune-contraception vaccine was awaiting approval of the Finance Ministry.
While such interspecies physical intimacy is obviously not intended for procreation, researchers believe such behaviour can become a trend among younger macaques for sexual release.
Niv and the chicken have developed a strong bonding of love and affection.
The piglet has a long jaw, large nostrils and a simian-like protuberance over its eyes.
The vaccine regimen tested in the Thai trial, known as RV144, had a 31 percent efficacy
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