Japan stages "Man-Monkey War"
Recently, according to foreign media reports, in the past three weeks, residents of Yamaguchi City and nearby japan have been frequently attacked by wild monkeys, and 49 people have been injured so far. It is reported that the wild monkeys that attack Japanese residents are macaques, which are more common in Japan, but the recent series of macaque attacks on humans are unusual, because they attack both young children and the elderly. At present, the local police are equipped with anesthesia guns, and once they encounter "committing crimes" macaques, they are anesthetized and arrested.
After the news spread to the Network, it immediately aroused the attention and discussion of the majority of netizens, many netizens said: All netizens say that animals are spiritual, but why do these macaques suddenly attack humans? Could it be that the anomalies of these monkeys are a precursor to natural disasters? In addition, a small number of netizens put forward their views: before the Indian monkeys blatantly snatched away 4-month-old babies, the existing Japanese monkeys "indiscriminately" attacked humans, is the global monkeys in the collective "crazy"? But what the hell is going on? Won't it really be like netizens say that monkeys around the world are "crazy", right?
Example of macaque "crime"
It is understood that there are many ways for Japanese macaques to attack humans, some macaques will "commit crimes" outdoors, while some macaques will push open the windows of residential areas or open the doors to enter the houses to hurt people. According to Japanese media reports, when a local 10-month-old baby girl was playing at home, a macaque monkey suddenly broke in, saw the baby and went straight up to scratch it, leaving multiple scars on the baby girl's body, and later the macaque escaped under the drive of the adult.
In addition, there is a wild macaque monkey wants to drag a baby from a family's home, it is reported that this macaque monkey quietly opened the anti-theft net outside the anti-theft net, wanting to drag the baby away in the house, fortunately, the baby's mother heard the sound, which blocked the macaque's "stealing baby" mind. However, the mother herself was severely scratched in the process of fighting the macaques.
Why are macaques attacking humans so frequently in Japan?
According to the local department of Yamaguchi City, Japan, at least 49 people have been injured, but fortunately no one has been seriously injured and there have been no deaths. In order to prevent the recurrence of monkey injuries, the Japanese police called on residents to close their doors and windows, especially families with children, regardless of whether they are at home or not. In addition, in addition to anesthetizing the "crime" macaques, the Japanese police also hunted down the macaques by setting traps and patrolling them, but none of them were caught. But then again, what exactly causes macaques to attack humans?
Experts explain why macaques attack humans
In this regard, Japanese experts explained: This group of macaques who "commit crimes and hurt people" are native native monkeys, they have been living in the forest, belong to social animals, and rarely attack humans. Even some wild macaques are afraid of humans, and will avoid walking when they hear human footsteps, so local residents and macaques have always been able to live in peace. The reason why macaques have frequently injured people in recent days is that there are two reasons, one is that the natural habitat of macaques has decreased.
We know that with the rapid development of the Japanese economy, many high-rise buildings have arisen, which has also led to the reduction of wildlife habitat year by year, and the reduction of habitat will cause monkeys to go down the mountain to forage in human living areas, so it is inevitable that some friction events will occur with humans.
The second is related to the sharp increase in the number of wild monkeys. It is well known that when a species population reaches a certain number and is not constrained by natural enemies, their number increases dramatically, and so does the monkey population. As the number of Japanese macaques increased, so did their need for food, leading them to the place where humans lived.
In fact, the Japanese macaque monkey injury is not the first monkey "crime" incident in the world this year, Africa and India also had a blatant baby robbery incident earlier, is it true that this year's monkeys around the world are collectively "crazy"?
Monkeys around the globe are collectively "going crazy"?
It is reported that the earliest monkey injury incident this year was in Tanzania, Africa, when a baby boy was drinking milk in the cradle, but a monkey suddenly broke in, and snatched the baby boy, and then accidentally fell off the baby boy, resulting in death.
On July 15 of the same year, there was also a monkey snatching a baby in India, the baby who was robbed was only 4 months old, the monkey snatched the baby and took it to the 3rd floor and fell down, the baby died on the spot. Monkeys behave so badly, why don't humans just drive them back to their original habitat?
This is because the monkey is very vengeful and has a very serious sense of revenge. Previously, there was a "monkey and dog war" in India, which was caused by a female monkey with cubs looking for food in the village, and a dog found it and bit the monkey cub, but unexpectedly attracted the revenge of the monkey group. Over the next month, more than 300 dogs in the village were killed by monkeys, leaving fewer than three pups.
As for why the macaques in Yamaguchi City, Japan, attack humans, Japanese experts do not know at present, and the specific answer will not be known until after careful investigation. However, how humans and monkeys should get along is indeed a more complicated problem for humans. What do you think about that? Feel free to leave a message in the comments section.