Posted on 07/27/2022 9:36:12 PM PDT by george76
People in a southwestern Japanese city have come under attack from monkeys that are trying to snatch babies, biting and clawing at flesh, and sneaking into nursery schools.
The attacks - on 58 people since July 8 - are getting so bad Yamaguchi city hall hired a special unit to hunt the animals with tranquilizer guns.
The monkeys aren't interested in food, so traps haven't worked. They have targeted mostly children and the elderly.
"They are so smart, and they tend to sneak up and attack from behind, often grabbing at your legs," city official Masato Saito said
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When confronted by a monkey, the instructions are: Do not look them in the eye, make yourself look as big as possible, such as by spreading open your coat, then back away as quietly as possible without making sudden moves, according to Saito.
A woman was assaulted by a monkey while hanging laundry on her veranda. Another victim showed bandaged toes. They were taken aback and frightened by how big and fat the monkeys were.
The monkeys terrorizing the community are Japanese macaque, the kind often pictured peacefully bathing in hot springs.
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Although Japan is industrialized and urban, a fair portion of land in the archipelago is mountains and forests. Rare attacks on people by a bear, boars or other wildlife have occurred, but generally not by monkeys.
No one seems to know why the attacks have occurred, and where exactly the troop of monkeys came from remains unclear.
"I have never seen anything like this my entire life," Saito said.
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Looks like the “knockout game” has finally moved to Japan.
Although sometimes monkeys can be cute at a distance, I don’t like them, either.
The little stinkers are at the top of my Uncanny Valley Creatures list.
Oh my gosh!!!
That would be horrible!!!
🤣🤣
I thought we were the only ones with that problem!
“feral urban primates”
Whole different meaning in US cities...
If they are not hunger driven in this, my opinion is that it is a territorial issue.
They want to expand into the areas occupied by Humans, and subjugate them or, more likely, drive them out. We are primates also, and share enough needs in all categories that we are competitors.
They want lebensraum!
They are fat, and trying to steal babies.
No one seems to know why the attacks have occurred, and where exactly the troop of monkeys came from remains unclear.
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Are they eating babies?
Were they trained for such behavior, and inserted into Japan?
By China? By N. Korea? Russia?
The real Planet of the Apes has started
Import some illegal pit bulls to take care of the monkeys.. that’s right, Japan doesn’t have a pit bull problem because they are illegal. They also don’t have a black problem because they are also illegal to become citizens. Along with muzzies...
Lol
GOOD! Monkeys should be utterly extirpated from the planet.
They are loathesome filthy disgusting creatures that belong solely in static museum displays, never to disturb my rest ever again.
I utterly despise their very existence
Choot ‘em!
Same thing happens here.
Jokes asides, those monkey are vicious when they attack in groups. I’d be so terrified if this happened
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