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whatever · Joined: 11 Jun 2006 Location: Korea: More fun than jail.

Troupes of monkeys are out of control in India's northeast, stealing mobile phones and breaking into homes to steal soft drinks from refrigerators, lawmakers in the region have complained.
"Monkeys are wreaking havoc in my constituency by taking away mobile phones, toothpastes, sipping coke after opening the refrigerators," Hiren Das told Assam state's assembly.

He said the primates were "even slapping women who try to chase them".

"It is a cause of serious concern in my area, with more than 1,000 such simians turning aggressive by the day," fumed Goneswar Das, another legislator representing Raha in eastern Assam.

Assam's wildlife minister, Rockybul Hussain, said the state government has formed a panel to study the problem.

Because of shrinking forest cover, monkeys have increasingly moved into cities elsewhere in India as well.

Last week, around two dozen people were hurt after monkeys rampaged through a New Delhi neighbourhood.

Last month, the deputy mayor of Delhi died when he fell from his balcony after being attacked by monkeys.

Efforts to drive out the animals is complicated by the fact that devout Hindus view them as an incarnation of Hanuman, the monkey god who symbolises strength.

Benicio · Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 6:36 am Post subject:

Reminds me of my dad's story:

He had an aunt and uncle who raised a few monkeys for some reason or other. He, being a kid, was about the same size as them.
He said they were mean little buggers!
When his aunt and/or uncle were around, they would pretend to like him, but when they left the room, the monkeys would beat the sh!t out of him!
His aunt and uncle couldn't understand why he didn't want to be alone with them.

Atavistic · Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 6:59 am Post subject:

Monkeys stole my backpack in Costa Rica. I had to kick coconuts at them to get them to drop the bag.

Monkeys are freaking scary.

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Czarjorge · Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 5:17 pm Post subject:

So where does the Tae Kwan Do come in? Are you suggesting Koreans go to Indian to fight monkeys? Hanuman was a warrior and symbolizes strenghth, right? So why not fight them, if they're so tough they can take it.

Young FRANKenstein

Czarjorge · Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 5:19 pm Post subject:

My avatar could be Hanuman for that matter.