haven't you always wanted a monkey?

so today i read about a bunch of baboons (112 of them to be exact) at a zoo in the netherlands who have baffled everyone by collectively behaving in a depressed manner. turning their backs on the world and stuff.

and then i read about baboons in nakuro kenya who are scaring the residents with home invasions and attacks and looting food and such. and it seems they have figured out the security systems of the lake nakuro national park.

hmmm.

so what is up with these monkeys?


"My wife cannot shop for bread in the morning for fear of the baboons,” he adds. The baboons lie in wait near the fence and pounce on shoppers on their way home, says Gikara, amazed at their intelligence."


but here's something else that's a bit interesting. "70% of baboon death are caused by humans, mostly from road accidents and gun shots."