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Attack of the Evil Monkeys From Hell

Posted by kdawson on from the who's-wearing-the-pants dept.

grrlscientist writes "A new form of communication between wild vervet monkeys and humans is causing humans distress — and a collapse of their food supply. Approximately 300 vervet monkeys in Kenya are sexually harassing the women of a village so they can steal their crops. None of the attempts to discourage the monkeys has so far worked."

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  1. New behavior? Mimicing humans is well observed. by Shivani1141 · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    It's Illegal to kill a pest animal now? Okay, monkeys are intelligent. alright, they're somewhat intelligent. but they're protected by the gov't why? you can sure bet If it was humans undertaking this same behavior the men would have been right up in that situation laying down the law, I don't see why they just don't deal with it. Sounds like a sympathy beg to me. As for the behavior quirks, Is that really significant? We learned from numerous instances of interaction with monkeys in the past that they easily mimic and correctly apply our methods and tools after sufficient observation. Unless there is proof of the contrary, I'm going to step forward and say that they're just mimicking behavior that they have previously observed humans using.