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Re: Danger in the Wild

Subject: Re: Danger in the Wild
From: "Abhijit Menon-Sen"
Date: Mon Jan 7, 2008 5:50 pm ((PST))
Hi Greg.

At 2008-01-08 00:12:31 +1100,  wrote:
>
> These macaques are very curious and aggressive, getting into
> everything and grabbing anything that's not screwed down. So I
> hurriedly packed up my equipment and prepared to head back inside
> until they had gone.

Did you know that Delhi's deputy Mayor recently died after a troop of
Rhesus Macaques attacked him and he fell off his first-floor terrace?

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/22/monkey_attack/

(As an aside, I'd love to meet up with any naturerecordists who are
visiting or passing through Delhi.)

-- ams




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