Furry Friends – Monkeys -Bonnet Macaques (Garden Visitors)

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Every time I make a trip to Mysuru from Bengaluru, I always find at least 2-3 monkeys (Bonnet Macaques) moving from house to another house or climbing from one tree to another at least in one of the localities in Mysuru. Ever since Bengaluru city had extended rapidly, there was hardly any sight of these mammals in that busy city.

 


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Once, while going around for a walk, enjoying the sunrise, and exploring some flowering plants in the garden, I suddenly came across an adult monkey peacefully sitting on the pathway. I stopped to gaze at it. My neighbor, a middle-aged man, another early morning walker, whispered to me that it will not hurt anyone.  I shrugged and went on for the walk. Suddenly, at one corner of the premises, I could sight a troop of about 20 monkeys emerge on the huge wall compound making their way into the lawn, garden, and basement. Most of them were youngsters. In a jiffy, they scared the cat (Gem) and drove her into the basement. 4-5 Adults both males and females sat on the compound. 2 Females had infants in their arms. The infants looked around curiously at the surroundings and moved a bit to explore the place, but the parents thwarted them. Some of the youngsters had already discovered the sprinkler had been turned on the lawn. Immediately, they went over to have a splash and drink some cool water.

 



Very soon, the security guard was alerted. He came out on the pathway waving the wooden rod in his hands towards the lawn. The younger monkeys upon seeing him mounted the huge wall. A few minutes later, one of them found a tender coconut on the coconut tree, made a hole in it to savor the coconut water from it. Other ones found some fruits from a creeper plant growing on the compound wall. It took some time for the guard to drive away all the monkeys. He was sterner on the youngsters than on the adults.

 







The same monkey troop made frequent visits to our garden on regular basis, especially during the summer season. There were times when there was no security guard to check on them and hence, they had a blissful time on the lawn and mounting the coconut trees. Some of them even took naps on the compound wall.

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They were not bothered by human presence unless they were threatened. Subsequently, I had time to click some snaps of them playing on the lawn or mounting trees, or on the compound. It was fun to watch them roll over and play on the lawn or relax on top of parked cars.


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Once or twice, they went berserk making too much noise that the guard or some human had to intervene or else they are very calm and composed feeding on fruits, coconut, or some food which apartment people would offer.



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