Chinese investments on hold, residents flee as 3,500 monkeys swarm Thai city
https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3250596/chinese-investments-hold-residents-flee-3500-monkeys-take-over-thai-city
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lickmygiggle@lemmy.world · 34 pts · 2y
I’ve been to Lopburi. It’s a wild place with monkeys literally swinging from the power lines. Imagine being in a place where every squirrel, rat, and pigeon was replaced by a really ill tempered monkey about the size of a large house cat.
indomara@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 2y
Lopburi was one of our favourite places to visit in Thailand. The monkeys had been getting increasingly cheeky while we were there 9 or so years ago. I read somewhere that they went nuts when covid hit and there weren't a ton of tourists to feed them.
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Kalkaline@leminal.space · 13 pts · 2y
I think I see the problem. They're leaving small alters of fruit for the simians.