According to the Thai media "The Thaiger" reported on July 26, hundreds of monkeys in Lop fu Li, Thailand, hit the street, occupying a crossroads, seriously affecting the travel of local people, and the reason for the occurrence is mysterious.
On July 25, thousands of monkeys swarmed at an intersection near the temple of Phra Prang Sam Yod, as if a war was raging, with the two sides fighting each other to the death, while a long line of cars jammed at the intersection and horns rattled.
According to witnesses at the scene, it seems that two groups of monkeys are fighting for something, but people don't know why these monkeys are fighting, it looks like a war between two gangsters, many monkeys arrive at the scene and seem to exchange heads and ears, and then join the battle group, it seems that they have passed on some kind of confrontation message.
But everyone has no idea what is going on, even the sound of car horns and the people who have fed them to "dissuade" it will not help, the war between the monkeys is very fierce, several monkeys have been seriously injured, the road is also bloodstained, and it takes a long time to gradually disperse.
According to Thai media reports, as early as March, there was also a big war between monkeys, hundreds of monkeys of the two monkey groups fought in the streets of Lop fu li, but the last monkey war was relatively small in scale and did not attract a lot of media attention, and the scale of the monkey war was not generally large, and they blocked the intersection, which has seriously affected travel, and the result is that the whole thailand and even the world know about the monkey war in Lop Fu Li.
Although the Thai people are confused about the war between the monkey herds and have no idea what is going on, Thai animal experts have given their opinions, food shortages, fierce competition between the monkeys, and the inevitable occurrence of war.
Phra Prang Sam Yod Temple (Three Pagodas Temple) is a famous tourist attraction in Lopburi, Thailand, this historic temple is also called "Monkey Temple", where thousands of crab-eating monkeys live, the original monkey group in Lop Fuli was average in size, but since 1989 began to hold the "Monkey Buffet", the monkeys here have increased exponentially, and the monkeys have also attracted a large number of tourists, and the population continues to expand under the feeding of tourists.
Crab-eating monkeys, also known as The Philippine Macaque, this adult is less than 50 cm tall and weighs about 5 to 7 kg, mainly living in Indonesia, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines and other regions, although called cynomolgus monkeys, but in addition to crabs, they eat almost everything, including fruits, leaves, small animals and even birds.
The cynosmos monkey has also been listed by the Invasive Species Expert Group (ISSG) of the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Invasive Species Survival Committee as one of the world's top 100 invasive alien species, for the simple reason that cynomolgus breed too quickly, and many parts of Southeast Asia have so-called "monkey temples", believing that monkeys are the embodiment of gods, not only do not harm monkeys, but enshrine them.
The Monkey Buffet Festival, a strange festival that Lop FuRi began in 1989 to provide fruits and vegetables to monkeys, is held on the last Sunday of November every year for two purposes, first to continue the tradition of honoring the local monkeys, and the other is to bring a large number of tourists to the local population.
But the consequences are also very serious, Thailand has always been highly developed tourism, global tourists continue to visit the city, and a large number of tourists not only bring rich income to the local area, but also bring food to the local monkeys, so the monkeys in Huafuli do not need to worry about the source of food.
However, the new crown epidemic that began in 2020 not only caused a large number of unemployment in Thailand, but also due to the travel blockade, Thailand's tourism industry plummeted, and since last year, there have been monkeys "rioting" to grab food, but then the epidemic in Southeast Asia is not serious, and the situation has gradually recovered after being controlled.
However, the good times are not long, India's Delta variant virus is raging and epidemic, the whole of Southeast Asia is on the verge of a great enemy, Thailand has more than 15,000 new cases per day, the people are unable to take care of themselves, the monkeys will fend for themselves, so the monkeys snatch food from time to time.
The scale of the monkey war is so large that it blocks intersections and affects local traffic and is known to the world.
We can't laugh at why Thailand has a "monkey buffet festival", because it can bring them a huge economic income, but they have to face a flood of crab-eating monkeys and monkeys and humans conflict, in Huafuli, monkeys snatching items happen from time to time, and hurting people is not uncommon.
Familiar? Because the monkeys of Mount Emei in China are also such hooligans, the monkeys in the early days were not so bold, but humans and monkeys were too close, feeding monkeys, making monkeys more and more rampant, hurting people, robbing items often occur, a single monkey is easy to deal with, but the group of monkeys is simply incomprehensible, and the monkeys are flexible, grab and run, you can only be messy in the wind.
Many tourists have been besieged by monkeys in Mount Emei, many are five big and three thick boys, at first a monkey is not worried at all, but then it is a group of monkeys, instantly instigated, if there is no local help, it is estimated that even the clothes will stay on Mount Emei.
So when you travel to these places, you really have to protect yourself, don't get too close to wild animals, and beware of your belongings being robbed, otherwise the monkeys will go up the trees and fly high, and you don't even know who to find.