{"id":47818,"date":"2020-12-22T14:06:28","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T19:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=47818"},"modified":"2020-12-22T14:06:28","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T19:06:28","slug":"animal-news-a-real-anarchy-city-taken-over-by","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=47818","title":{"rendered":"Animal news: A real anarchy city, taken over by…"},"content":{"rendered":"

…macaques.<\/a><\/p>\n

It had to happen, didn’t it? News of the simian invasion has been spilling out of Thailand for quite a while now. See penultimate item in this linked post.<\/a><\/p>\n

Not even piano playing has had a beneficial effect.<\/a><\/p>\n

And, as is its wont, COVID has made everything worse.<\/p>\n

Residents in Lopburi, Thailand<\/a>, are hiding behind barricaded indoors as rival monkey gang fights create no-go zones for humans. The ancient Thai city has been overrun by a growing population of monkeys super-charged on junk food \u2013 as locals try to placate the macaques with snacks. The monkeys usually enjoy a steady supply of bananas from tourists, who have dwindled amid the coronavirus pandemic.<\/em><\/p>\n

Pointing to the overhead netting covering her terrace, Kuljira Taechawattanawanna said: \u201cWe live in a cage but the monkeys live outside.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

And snack food is not good for anyone.<\/p>\n

P.S. For years I’ve noticed the short thing “h\/t” at the bottom of a variety of posts, tweets and other written communications. I couldn’t figure out what it meant, although it seemed to suggest a thank you to someone other than the writer for information.<\/p>\n

I was thinking it meant “hearty thanks.” I just looked it up, i.e., Googled it. It means “hat tip.”<\/p>\n

So H\/T to Ellen Kaye<\/a> for once again providing me with animal news. Although I am not currently wearing a hat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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