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LIVING: MONKEY MENACE
DO'S
# If you must feed monkeys, then select a place
on the outskirts of your colony. You should leave neither food near your
house nor leftovers in garbage cans.
# Monkeys are scared of snakes. Wriggly plastic
snakes placed strategically will keep the monkeys away from a particular
area. Presence of big dogs also scares them.
# If the monkey screeches and approaches you
menacingly, don't be scared as it is normally a bluff. Ignore the monkey
and walk away.
# To scare away monkeys from your gardens keep
hitting the ground with a big bamboo stick. Loud noises and bursting of
crackers will also chase the simians away.
DON'TS
# Do not make direct eye contact with monkeys
or irritate or tease them. This could be misconstrued as being hostile.
Leave them alone and they will leave you alone.
# Do not come between a mother monkey and her
baby-it could be misunderstood as an intention to harm the infant.
# Do not go near a wounded or dead monkey. At
such moments the whole group gets paranoid and human intervention can
lead to massive aggression.
# If your vehicle (specially two-wheelers) hits
a monkey, do not stop. The monkey group could attack you in retaliation.
# Avoid running and be light-footed while passing
a group of monkeys. Running disturbs them and they can become agitated.
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