The attacks – on 58 people since July 8 – are getting so bad Yamaguchi city hall hired a special unit to hunt the monkeys with tranquilizer guns
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 monkeys aren’t interested in food, so traps haven’t worked. They have targeted mostly children and the elderly. 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.
The monkeys terrorizing the community are Japanese macaque, the kind often pictured peacefully bathing in hot springs.
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