Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/10/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, monkeys are very nasty. Had an unpleasant experience with them on the Tunku Abdul Rahman islands in Borneo. Fast and vicious little beggars, I was sorry I hadn't a parang or some sort of machete. Gibraltar looks out for me in the future :-) Douglas ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jayanand Govindaraj" <jayanand at gmail.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2016 6:35 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] Nathan's PAD 15/10/2016: monkey business > Macaques are dangerous, at least here in India - they are used to humans, > have no fear and bite at the drop of a hat (their incisors are long and > fearsome!). The ones that are most common here are the Rhesus Macaques, > and > as you say, woe betide anyone with anything edible in their hands who > stray > too close. They are commonly found lurking around temples, and on popular > pitstops on our highways. Delhi is infested with them, and the whole > troop, > quite often, come into peoples houses on raids for food. Surprisingly, > they > can be controlled by introducing the far more gentle (to humans!) Langurs > into the area, who then chase away the macaques! > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Sun, Oct 16, 2016 at 10:40 AM, Nathan Wajsman <natan at gmx.es> wrote: > >> We are spending the weekend in Gibraltar, and yesterday we took the cable >> car to the top of the Rock to look at the awesome views of the Spanish >> and >> North African coasts, and of course to see the macaque monkeys who live >> there. The monkeys are everywhere, and while they are cute, they are also >> expert pickpockets and become aggressive if their personal space is not >> respected. >> >> A monkey waits for arriving tourists at the top station of the cable car. >> Woe be the person who arrives with an ice cream cone or something similar >> in his hand: >> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-DkJWC8R/A >> >> This guy was being photographed by his friends next to a monkey, when the >> monkey suddenly reached out for his bag: >> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-xZJqBfB/A >> >> Lots more Gibraltar images in the coming days. >> >> Cheers, >> Nathan >> >> Nathan Wajsman >> natan at gmx.es >> >> Alicante, Spain >> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> >> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu >> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws < >> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws> >> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com <http://nathansmusings. >> wordpress.com/>/ >> >> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator < >> http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> >> >> YNWA >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >