‘I have to live in a cage’: The Thai city overrun by monkeys in wake of Covid-19
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With gangs of monkeys roaming the streets and residents barricading indoors, the ancient Thai city of Lopburi has become overrun by marauding macaques, with the Covid-19 pandemic partly to blame.
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Monkey: wakes up in ice bath with no balls
Thai: nothing personal kid
@@grandpatoothless8162 It can mean that and for the images they were doing exactly that xd
I want every male monkeys to lose there balls
@@grandpatoothless8162 I think the proper term for males AND females is neuter. At least for cats it is. And then they do it to male cats they in fact cut off the balls completely.
No I think they are put down or sold to labs
@@sierra734 Nope. City macaques have too much garbage in their bodies from eating scraps of human food and of course exposure to plastics and manmade chemicals in a city environment. The labs want the wild-caught from forested areas that have no human presence and minimal chemical exposure. Which of course puts the remaining truly wild population under immense threat. That is why many lab macaques are now raised on farms - that in and of itself a grim situation, as the environment there causes all sorts of stress reactions that can decrease the value of the animals for testing. It's a fairly fine line of what the industry needs. These city macaques are literally junk animals where medical testing is concerned.
if you hate your job just remember that you're not the guy that has to clear the dead monkey room in an abandoned movie theatre
Edit: I work at a movie theatre now. I would take the dead monkey job during marvel opening weekends
Rather do that than deal with customers
@@imhere1303 what’s the difference?
@@mhm6 Lmao
@@mhm6 silence
Ive had worse
I was there in early 2019 and it was already packed with monkeys. It was intimidating. They're EVERYWHERE and in HUGE numbers.
They need to control rhe population
Don't say that they are hindu gods your comment will hurt hindu sentiments
@@johnzeb9510 irrelevant...
@@johnzeb9510
Just like not all pedophiles or all impotents are God's Messenger, similarly not all animals are Gods.
Is it illegal to feed them?
Would’ve loved an hour long special on that cat living among the monkeys
lol
Documentation would be 5 minutes Long
They probably killed the cat and ate it
lol
We should get David Attenborough or Joseph Gboyega on the case.
"The cinema has become a battleground for warring monkey tribes" sorry but that sounds bad ass and needs a video game based on it.
Yeah and you could get like level ups by how much trash you eat and unlock powers and abilities by how many people you steal from. And you can creat your own troop by breeding and you can call on support from your offspring. Nunchuk baby attack by swinging babies from your stretched nips...or the flying infant attack when you rip one off your back and throw it at enemy's. My personal fav is i got your back move where standing on your back feet your baby clings to your back becoming a living shield....think about the possibilities.... 🐵🐵🐵
@@wetcat1421 Pokemon Monkeychu Edition
@@deenad3562 hahaaa
As an outsider looking in from thousands of miles away it's all kinda funny and badass. If it was my town I'd be out with a grim reaper scythe trying to thin the heard.
@@AB-uz1tl lol i like where your going with this 🔪🙈🔪🙉🔪🙊
"Monkey Street Gangs" sounds like an offshoot Mortal Kombat game.
I don't get it.
Sound like da hood
Bloods and crips
This is exactly how pestilence starts.
I have a neighbor who had a pet monkey with this breed. Kept stealing our bananas and any food left on the our table. Can’t imagine having thousands of these in your city. Must be a nightmare.
I had a friend tell a story like this once:
Those monkeys like to get into crops too. So one ranch hired 2 guards, specifically against those animals.
One night, a bunch of monkeys came down. Thousands of them.
The guards ran. Lol
Emu Riddle
😂🤣🤣
They're only human
A elderly woman in India painted her dog with black stripes, the monkeys think it's a tiger.
Planet of the apes in rrverse
@James Merryman thank you. Ive been to Thailand several times and was going to say the same. But decided just to ignore him 😆
"Ok Monkeys, Two metres apart please! "
@John Lorenzo I dont get the cnn part
@@bigperry1521 ignore the full
😂😂😂
🤣🤣🤣
Alan Dunnell
il y a 8 mois
"Ok Monkeys, Two metres apart please! " *monkeys start smiling and shagging everyone they can*... can'T win...
And aren't monkey very dangerous? Thought I read something about monkees will attack people very viciously. I'd be scared to be out in this public place
They do, and they attack in groups like a Military. They won't stop until the job is done, and if you run them off, they remember and go back later to finish the job! They are ruthless!
Protecting wild life is one thing, but this is taking it a bit too far. 😳
They worship them. It's like cows controlling the streets of India
@@tom4150 uh no, we don't.
No it is normal monkeys have same rights with humans
This is exactly how disease gets rampant
@@ABSOLUTELY_LM wrong
My family and I visited this city December 2018! It’s...interesting. We took a tour of the monkey temple. These monkeys are straight up thugs. They will snatch food out of your hand, wallets out your pocket, heck, they even tried to snatch my braids out of my hair. 🤣🤣 Our friend, who’s from Singburi, told me to take off every piece of jewelry. I couldn’t imagine getting robbed by...monkeys, but it can happen.
Yes just a bunch of thieves.
If they are so humanlike... then maybe should add corporal punishment.... cutting off hands of organized thiefs.
Anyway..... it should be illegal to reward food to any thieves. Should be hefty hard fines.
And government could have agencies to use stunguns etc to stop thieving apes.
They would learn quickly to never steal again.
@@ruben7937 here we have a person who i doubt has ever seen any other animal in their lives besides humans.
@@msruag who?
@@msruag 🤫
Don't say that they are hindu gods your comment will hurt hindu sentiments
If the monkeys organize a UFC event in d abandoned theatre, il buy tickets
Hahaha bruh.....
😂👍🏼
Take my like.
🤣
SAME LOL
I went there earlier this year. You can no longer go to the temple where they used to feed the monkeys because it is too dangerous. In fact, that whole street alongside that temple is pretty much deserted now. On the roundabout on one end there is a lady with a gun to stop them progressing towards King Narai's palace. At the other roundabout people still feed the monkeys, but there are locals with slingshots to help keep the monkeys away from people. In the main street I saw a monkey jump off the electrical wires onto a girls back to forcibly steal her chocolate milk, it got pretty aggressive when she didn't let go straight away. The rest of the city seemed fine though, it is just near this temple and the street nearby.
that what they got when became too nice with monkey. In my country also same, once you start to feed them all of them will show up everyday
Now go grab those rpg fetch quest. Kill 10 monkeys
@@gonelucid monkeys in sacred in Indo- South East Asian communities.
Atleast noone wants to actively kill them.
@@akshaymishra3674 Then they get what they deserve
@@akshaymishra3674 Monkey are not sacred in Thailand, but thais are buddhist so they avoid killing animal that are not food. They mostly lives in temple as well (cause buddhist temple are usually built on the mountain and full of tree) the monks can't kill animals and tourists/believers don't want to kill it. I have seen monkeys injured people on the news many times but never people hurt monkey. Even if they attack human people will just shoo them away
Similar to Los Angeles...
I'm thankful for the cats in my city, they make weird noises at night but at least they are not aggressive
Until you start seeing diseases. Feral cats are awful dirty animals that spray anywhere. That spray can lead to serious health issues. Trust me you won't hear this from most because most love cats and don't care or ignore the issues
@@bobspizza7444 Don't forget the Dogs. I've heard more peoples killed by Dogs than Cat. It's true that Cats are invasive species and almost make any locals species goes extinct, yes like this type of Long Tailed Macaque. But so Dogs.
@@roha1329
Yes, cougars have adapted well to city life.
I would much rather have feral cats and dogs than these pests!
@@PumaPete They would eat cats and dogs and feed those nasty dirty smelly monkeys
Their must be 💩 everywhere 🤢
They throw it too
@Robin Strong Rasicm disabled him. Not the rule breaking. racism did.
@royalbangal101 this
John Lorenzo You’re pathetic. You people bring politics and race into everything you talk about . Lol I’d hate to be you .
Robin Strong lol ur white
This is madness local authorities were to late to act
They have been worshipping them for years. The people won't kill them. This has been going on long before the pandemic
They sterilized only 300 in 2022, but there are over 4000, so it won't slow the population down much.
Well STOP FEEDING THEM !!!!!
2:27 when you enter the wrong zoom classroom
😂🤣😅
Lmao 😂
This is so far the bizarrest effect of the human pandemic. I loved visiting lopburi a while ago but now the monkeys look aggressive and scary.
@Rad Derry .
We relate to APES, not monkey by scientist and many documents. Chimps is the closet.
You sound like a scaredy-cat they didn’t look like they hurt one human being man up or woman up
@Turtle Lady please educate yourself🤣🤣🤣 HIV is human, monkeys have their own immunodeficiency virus but it doesn't necessarily jump species🤦♀️ trust me you're more likely to get HIV from a filthy human than a million monkeys in Thailand.
@@crazydanger they can give you hepatitis and rabies though
Oh my the elderly man is so cute to use soft toys 😆
I think the whole community went soft on monkey business. 😅
They should show badly behaved teenagers this. They might realize how the rest of the world sees them.
The beginning of the planet of the apes. It is all starting in that Thai city.
Reject humanity return to monke
"They have a lot of energy and so they reproduce". . hmm
@M B you really copy pasting this comment? Pathetic
@M B pathetic piece of shit.
This is like sending aid to Africa --- same result ! Population from 1900-2000 tenfolded, will quadruple again until 2100 if we don't stop feeding them.
@@alexanderivkin7086 you are an idiot
@@lammy9733 Yes of course i am the idiot. The fact that African population will grow with the factor of 40 in just 200 years is a myth and Ruanda in 1994 was just some nice kuddling.
My friend Twee from Cambodia, tells me that her grandmother who lives in Laos, absolutely hates these monkeys, along with many of her neighbors who also hate these monkeys. She has had to live with her great aunt during the summertime, because her great aunt is taking care of her grandmother, since her grandmother‘s crops were all eaten and destroyed by these macaques two years in a row. She said if her grandmother catches one of her garden, she grabs a shotgun and blows it to smithereens! She walks up there to look at it, if it has a baby clinging to it She said her grandmother stomps it to death right there!!!
Wow! That's one tough lady but sadly, I get it.
Only difference b
etween macaques and rats is the level of intelligence. Other than that, you’re dealing with disease-ridden destroyers.
I am so sorry😔
I am so thankful America does not have monkeys…
We have cats and dogs and rats and hogs, that’s enough
@@catherinedupre814 There are monkeys in Ocala, FL. They are migrating south. Yuck.
@@Sirianstar10 I did not know that, I am sorry
The same thing is happening here in Florida with Californians and New Yorkers
😂🤣👀
I am on MS Gulf Coast loading my slingshots!
That's unsanitary and germy it must smell awful there 😷 never thought so many would be so upset over a comment, my goodness 😳
I was there however it was surprisingly normal lol
@@milkyinga2622 fr? It had no smell :0
That's nature folks.
Smell isn't the real problem here
You have to be there to assume that it smells in there. Your room and your bathroom probably smell awful too.
I would have to move if I lived there .
Thailand could start a new industry. Shoes, belts, and handbags. Put out a bounty for pelts.
Sounds like someone needs to hire a few professional hunters.
Stop feeding. Wild animals
They weren't the tourists were. However they made money off the food the tourists bought....
In some ways not much different than farmers who had livestock they had to get rid of during the pandemic, after the meat plants shut down.
Plus their little thrives.. they take what they want!
@@supremehustlequeen3913 just like humans
They need pest control
@John Lorenzo that's a very racist thing to say.. theirs nothing radical about wanting equal justice! Its actually patriotic!
The tourists keep on giving them food. So they multiply like crazy.
Giving food does not increase Fertility.
Pigeons breed more when there is plenty of food , same here
openroad the whole point of the video is about how they are going crazy without any tourists
They are only there to make money , cruel way of exploiting animals
Problem is, the tourists have left and the monkeys have no remainijng source of free food.
When tourism was good (precovid) the monkeys ate good and were comfortable reproducing and their population exploded.
Now that the tourist hand outs are gone, those same monkeys are looking for food and they will go anywhere to get it. They no longer even forage off the land. They have become reliant on humans for food. Monkeys have voracious appetites and never pass on food. They eat from the time they are up til sleep time.
This problem is 100% the fault of humans.
This is why our superiority complex as a species is important. It's what drove us to become the dominant apex predator and what has kept us at the top for so long. Do you think any one of those monkeys would show you the same mercy and compassion? Absolutely not. With an infestation of that magnitude, I'd be dropping those bitches left and right. I think it's been so long since we've really had to fight with other species over territory, that collectively, we've forgotten our primal roots and lost connection with our place in the world.
Animals are no threat beyond disease spread. As for territory we could wipe out most animal life within a few months if we actually tried. Our biggest threat remains ourselves. Itll stay like that until either aliens land and expand the world boundaries or we create some a.i and lose control. Itll be back to survival baby!
@@Andytlp I mostly agree except for the "only threat is disease" look into the struggles of humans living along side wild chimps for a great example.
@@darlingdame_x187x Yeah i cant imagine living with wild animals prancing around me. If i were brought up in such a place wouldnt mind it but as i am now just kick them out into the forest. Why the hell are they letting them run in the cities
Not to worry God's wrath is coming this time with fire.
Amen!!! N in that poor country it'll probably help the food shortage crisis. Heck most of those countries already consume Lassie, and Benji anyway, so a little fried monkey chicken, or monkey pot roast wouldn't be stretch. On another note their gov officials who allowed this to happen need to be removed along with these monkeys.
No offense but this wouldn't happen in America 😂 they'd definitely become target practice and find woods QUICK. Sad but true
Bit creepy
@Oyuntsetseg Lkhagvaa And we're glad you did too.
Dig giant hole and then start poisoning them
Not sad
We have enough sense to realize sterilization is a dumb plan when the monkey can still eat, fight, and cause trouble. Bullets are way cheaper. People can boo-hoo all they want but out of animal populations need to be culled if there isn't a predator to keep it in check.
Don't see the attraction myself. Build a sanctuary and left them be. Running round the street like that has to have all sorts of problems.
they dont have problem before the corona these monkey are part of the attraction for tourist, now no tourist they have less food.
They have sanctuary, start out from Buddhist temples then over populate to the park and then to town for more food. Hello😊
@@jetli740 Are you kidding ? That many monkeys weren't a problem? They are giant rats, giant rats are ALWAYS a problem.
Frogspit humans of giant rats the monkeys are just adapting
@@frogspit7030 I agree
What a damn nightmare😬
Head macaque : " look at me I'm the mayor now"
I know this sounds a little scuffed, but have you tried shooting them?
I wouldn't go near that city. Look so scary.
How could the top of the food chain humans let this get out of control. The disease rate must really be something shortly with all the bodily waste daily. More great leaders for you.
LOL we are not the top of the food chain. Ask the virus.
Unlike you fascist westerner, Thai people have at least some consideration for animal life. It's their country. You may want to mind your own business.
@chocolatesquirrel100 macaques tortured to death in Lopburi / Thailand? You may want to post some links to back that up.
@chocolatesquirrel100
Cambodia is where the real monkey abuse happens.
Their living being and killing them may bring negative karma. Same reason why Thailand also has a lot of Monster Fish. Sad monkeys natural predators are endangered and they are in the cities and the goverment can't release leopards, eagles etc.. there.
This really puts a new meaning into planet of the apes
Except these are monkeys.
@@fransthefox9682 Here they come walking the street.
I used to live in Lopburi a few blocks from the monkey temple. That part of the city was always overrun with monkeys. Without the city feeding them I'm sure they spread out looking for food.
In Delhi several trucks full of food are sent to monkeys everyday to stop them ftom overrunning the city.
@@realsushrey As an Indian living in England I didn't even know this
You guys gotta feed the monkeys to avoid urban invasions ?
By this time I would have find another way of keeping them out long ago…
That’s a plague
@@realsushrey sterilization not starvation
There like a plague of rats running around the place
It’s honestly like bands of toddlers running around 😂 🥴
Worse
Toddlers are fat, stupid and weak. Monkeys are fast, agile and effective.
i lived here for a month and omg they are so frustrating to deal with. now everyone says “oh monkeys are so cute!” but ever since then… i just find them scary. like if you have long hair or anything in your pockets they will steal it and attack you 🥲.
Yeah I lost my love for monkeys when I went to India. They are scary. There was this bridge that loads of them used to hang around stealing things off tourists. I always mad sure to have nothing in my hands when crossing it.
Exactly!! People only look at the furriness of the creature, not the personality! They are ruthless to Children, other animals, Farmers crops, and residents -- as you know. Scary is right!
Hanuman is back with his army. leaves will sink and rock will float.
That's happened when people started to feed them. Then they wished they had not. Then they over run the community. It's their fault. Punishment from hell!!
The were revered by the City. They held festivals for them every year and fed them large feasts at the Temple. This is beyond locals just feeding them, they actually thought that the Monkey's brought Luck; now they see their error, but won't kill them because of their beliefs. It's a Sh*tshow!!
I'm sorry for the local citizens but this was so entertaining 😂
It warmed my heart, made me laugh multiple times, and left me intrigued.
It reminded me we aren't the only mischievous ones on this planet.
Really? Maybe because you’re safe behind a screen? It scared me. This is when nature and humans are crossed over and something needs to be done.
In a lot places you go you are normally told NOT to feed the animals, especially wild animals. This is the reason why. This might’ve be good for tourism but look at it now.
This is very wholesome actually. The government is doing everything it can not to kill the monkeys. I thought when they lured them with the fruit, they were gonna kill them.
I hope they will kill them
That's such a western thing to do,'killing'. Shameless thought.
@@saketsharma937 good
Nice. We should start killing humans too to control their population. Wait-
I think the word your looking for is abortion
Geez Louise!! And I thought we had problems. It’s true what they say, there’s always somebody who has it worse!!
A Ruger 10/22 and a case of ammo.
Can you imagine how bad it must smell in that city? 🤢
Its called a rifle. Buy yourself one and go to town.
NASTY!
Hahaha...I used to ride through that place all the time when I lived up in northern Lop Buri province to go to Bangkok. It was the best scenic route. It's a bit unsettling when they start crowding you, no doubt.
What a waste of great target practice.
Hey PETA. Do you want take some monkey to your country for take care?? Come get how many you want 🙈🙉🙊🐒🐵🤣
Start wiping them out. They will clear out in their own. Behave like your on top of the hierarchy. Opress.
The smell must be something else , thats a living nightmare .
There needs to be an open season on them.
I wish they would. I'd pay money to get to pass to
Literally only way to find balance in nature, it's kind why were here, we just kinda sat down 45 yrs ago and didn't get back up, at least the monkeys are on two legs
Absolutely!
@@lordofreason549 you can in south africa, with airguns. 300m kills. easy
Why do they keep feeding them?
1:07 he's just casually sitting there drinkng a juice box 😂
When I was in India, a monkey jumped me from behind, flattened me to the ground, then jumped on me a few times. I just had no idea what was going on. Apparently monkeys are a lot stronger than humans. The hotel rooms I stayed in had strong monkey screens to protect guests, and the monkeys shrieked outside the windows all night long.
In England, monkey v dog fights used to be a sport, and the monkey often won.
Lord Have Mercy. Like WTF?! Glad you didn't get hurt in any way. People need to stop feeding them and let them go to the jungle and eat their 🍌 and fruit.
Looks like Venice Beach in LA.
They are a problem, but at least they're sterilizing them and not killing them.
It's no fault of their own that the monkeys have realized an easier life living around the city, it's sad for monkeys and humans alike.
It's happening all around the world.
We don't have monkeys roaming the cities & towns in Australia, so it is happening around the world as you claimed.
@Urban Student Prepper WTF are th hey teaching you??
We have the sqme problem in Europe but the governement pay them with social wellfare
@@Rankin1111
Are you serious? I hope not.
Here's a novel idea...stop feeding them!!!!
Feed them... Explosives..
Or feed them the strongest chili peper.
@Oyuntsetseg Lkhagvaa exactly they now how to use tools are fast and two or three adults can probably take on a grown man plus their teeth are really sharp and strong
Like humans, they'll become dangerously violent when resources run thin.
It past time to have culling!!!!’
Это для чего такой бардак развели в городе.
Прежде это живая инфекция огромных колличествах.
Развели заразу.
Having never visited Thailand, I am quite amazed to see the resemblance of South Indian towns with this Thai one.
Thailand has been influenced by the cultures of South India for centuries.
Just nasty and gross.
This is exactly how nightmares could be for me
wow no way , I would've moved already
As a child I remember going to a primary school convent that it had similar courtyard fencing like cages against pigeons. Once I was in middle school years of campaigning not to feed them in the town square reduce their populations. Is more than sterilization & rehoming but to only be feed in controlled areas like free petting zoos parks to buy feed for them as donations & not high energy human food.
Or simply bring a FLAMETHROWER.
@@hadcrio6845 No need to burn.
@@duvine3882 Speak for yourself.
@@hadcrio6845 I did; is why I'm the OG poster.
@@duvine3882 Plain as expected.
When you see that random cat in the video full of monkeys. Like if you see the cat!
i hope the cat is okay, monkey like to eat meat too
@@ChiliKatsuRamen oh no you're right
@@thecoffeeengineerto me the monkeys probably think it's something new and exotic and they want to figure out to hump it
That's crazy and scary. Those things have some crazy fangs that can do some serious damage.
That city is Rio de Janeiro
For 60-100 days Drive around the city with recorded tigers roaring over a loud speaker. Have a 60-100 day feeding programs at the edge of the city each day decreasing the amount fed until they realize they have to feed themselves & away from the city.
These in-city borned generation of monkeys don't fear tiger roars bc they never been near these predators. They wouldn't even begin to make sense of the roars.
@@enuphsayd9746 Its genetic, they fear because their ancestor feared.
@@niilespunkari8832 I say this: learnt vs genetic. What turns genetic on and off? 🤔
@@enuphsayd9746 atrophied traits from disusage
They would fear it at first then they will realise its a bluff only way is to kill them but there worshiped it
Fill the live traps and take them to parts unknown. I'm sure sharks would get rid of them.
Poor sharks.
They need a predator to sort that out, do these people not have guns or some sort?
Actually maybe not a lot of people know this, you can use those medium intensity green laser pointers at them, I tried it with the monkeys in Indonesia, and other animals, and they're scared of that, not even dogs like em, but not the red laser pointer, these are harmless..
Among the animals in this world, what I really hate the most are monkeys/macacques. 😡
Cant stand them‼️
Me too.
The Indonesian Wet Market people would love all of that meat...just allow for hunting/trapping & export to Indonesia ...problem solved.
There is a much much easier solution to all this... A final solution
That scene where those monkeys were brawling for food reminds me of what happens at a Waffle House in America on any given weeknight
LOL YUP
New Yardley Sinclair. Or the all-you-can-eat buffet on Sunday after church.
that's what happens when you replace their home with buildings. They have no where to go.
This city was overrun by monkeys back in 2009 when I was there last.
Why don’t the ppl use scat mats?? Scat mats are electrical mats that when stepped on with bare feet of a animal give a mild to strong electric shock, depending the setting you put it on. They make them in all sizes even to go around a Christmas tree so cats will not climb it.
И жратвы столько где брать?и все засерают
Они никогда ни пойдут в лес за пропитанием , пойдут харчеваться к людям , они уже сообразили , что легче .
Airgun time...
Gremlins!
The places have switched, now we humans live in cages and the monkey get to be free. Yay
I think we know what the solution is but no one wants to say it. Feels like it needs to be done.
Someone hurry up and roll us out of Jumanji.
28 days later Thailand!🤢😷💉☣💯
If there have there will have in 50 year ago loser
Just poison them!
For a second I thought this was a video from a CVS in San Francisco being looter lmao
How about birth control laced food for them? It is put into bird seeds where there is an abundance of birds.
There‘s too little research on this topic, they don’t know if these hormones will harm the monkeys or whether it would even work
I could think of something better to "lace" their food with.
Antifreeze laced food would be better.
@John Lorenzo nothing to do with the video. Stay on topic.
Cyanide would be a better option