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Monkeys taking over in Malasia

RolandTD20KdrummerRolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
edited August 2007 in A Moving Train
Maybe evolution does have a sense of humor after all.

"KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysia has defended its decision to allow the export of macaque monkeys for meat and scientific research purposes, saying it will help curb their booming population in cities where they attack people and raid homes for food.

"We are talking about keeping a figure (of macaques) that is sustainable ... that will not cause problems to the people,"

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070817/ap_on_sc/malaysia_exporting_monkeys
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  • Rhinocerous SurpriseRhinocerous Surprise Posts: 4,423
    The article says most of the monkeys would be destined for restaurants and research labs. What ever happened to a good old-fashioned zoo?:confused:

    And more to the point, restaurants? As food? Entertainment? Waiting staff?
    Smokey Robinson constantly looks like he's trying to act natural after being accused of farting.
  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    Rhinocerous Surprise wrote:
    What ever happened to a good old-fashioned zoo?:confused:
    I would suspect that accredited zoos across probably want to send Macque Monkeys back to the wild.....in other words, there are probably too many currently in zoos....no breeding problems with these primates.
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
  • RolandTD20KdrummerRolandTD20Kdrummer Posts: 13,066
    Yeah that's what I was thinking.

    The monkeys must have really pissed them off over there.

    I can hear them now:

    "The Zoo?...Ohh no.... the zoo is too good for these monkeys. Did I mention they are quite delicious lightly sauteed on a bed of rice? "
    Progress is not made by everyone joining some new fad,
    and reveling in it's loyalty. It's made by forming coalitions
    over specific principles, goals, and policies.

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  • Rhinocerous SurpriseRhinocerous Surprise Posts: 4,423
    What a crappy situation. So many forms of primate this close to extinction, and then there's a surplus of some little thieving bastard of a monkey.:D
    Smokey Robinson constantly looks like he's trying to act natural after being accused of farting.
  • Thorns2010Thorns2010 Posts: 2,201
    'Take your stinking paws off me, you damned dirty ape!'

    :D
  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    Rhinocerous Surprise wrote:
    What a crappy situation. So many forms of primate this close to extinction, and then there's a surplus of some little thieving bastard of a monkey.:D
    To the fittest goes survival.......I suspect that if you captured a large number of these urban-dwelling primates and relocated them to a deep wilderness setting and monitored their survival rate.........they would not survive for a long time in a non-urban setting.
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
  • NMyTreeNMyTree Posts: 2,374
    It's such a tragedy and outrage when monkeys attack people, invade their homes and generally pose a threat to other species.


    You know, just like when human beings do it.
  • Rhinocerous SurpriseRhinocerous Surprise Posts: 4,423
    tybird wrote:
    To the fittest goes survival.......I suspect that if you captured a large number of these urban-dwelling primates and relocated them to a deep wilderness setting and monitored their survival rate.........they would not survive for a long time in a non-urban setting.

    I'm not so sure...
    Yahoo News wrote:
    In addition to their urban population, almost half a million more live in the country's forests.
    Smokey Robinson constantly looks like he's trying to act natural after being accused of farting.
  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    Rhinocerous Surprise wrote:
    I'm not so sure...
    Primates tend to be territorial....so there would be clashes with the existing populations, who are already better "equipped" to handle the non-urban setting....then there would be the re-learning process for food acquisition in the real jungle.....the population would be out on a learning curve for that....then we get to consider a little something called predators......something that several generations of the urban dwellers have not seen....how quick came they recall their genetic history in regards to predators?? How many can recall it?
    All the world will be your enemy, Prince with a thousand enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed.
  • JuberooJuberoo Posts: 472
    We have problems with the deer population where I live. Once a year, county officials do a "thinning of the herd". Why couldn't they do this with the monkeys?

    As for eating monkeys, that is just unhealthy. Monkey brain is thought to be the origin of HIV.
    Makes much more sense, to live in the present tense.

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  • JuberooJuberoo Posts: 472
    Rhinocerous Surprise wrote:
    What a crappy situation. So many forms of primate this close to extinction, and then there's a surplus of some little thieving bastard of a monkey.:D
    survival of the fittest.....maybe they will be like cockroaches, the only species to survive the end of civilization.
    Makes much more sense, to live in the present tense.

    A truly liberal person is conservative when necessary.

    Pro-life by choice.
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