News Forum - Monkeys pillaging homes in Ayutthaya due to floods

[Thaiger]

After months of flooding, residents in Ayutthaya are dealing with a different pox of monkeys. Hungry monkeys struggling to find food in the heavy rains have taken to invading local neighbourhoods and homes in search of a meal. Many districts in the central province have been pounded by rain since August, overflowing rivers like the Chao Phraya and straining dams like Pasak Jolasid. Runoff from the rivers and dams swollen by torrential storms has flooded districts like Sena. That district is the home of Wat Po, known popularly as a monkey temple, where primates gather and live. Those monkeys often […]

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[Ramanathan.P]

For the monkeys it is the life and for humans it is their livelihood. And in this game the survival of the fittest always have an upper hand.