Group of monkeys kill over 250 dogs for 'revenge' in Indian town
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Re: Group of monkeys kill over 250 dogs for 'revenge' in Indian town
#2If an instinct or circuitry around revenge can exist in monkeys, I wonder if humans can ever fully escape that tendency, or if it is just built into who we are.
Re: Group of monkeys kill over 250 dogs for 'revenge' in Indian town
#3> villagers began attempting to rescue the dogs on their own. But some of them have found themselves subject to the monkeys' retaliation, and some have even injured themselves or fallen from buildings
how strong are these monkeys?
I mean I know monkeys are strong but can they really ambush a human, and push them over a ledge? can they kidnap a human, carry them upward and drop them over a ledge?
Re: Group of monkeys kill over 250 dogs for 'revenge' in Indian town
#4If an instinct or circuitry around revenge can exist in monkeys, I wonder if humans can ever fully escape that tendency, or if it is just built into who we are.
We can train ourselves. The methods are very old, but hardly anyone knows about them, much less actually does them every day. They are things like the Brahmaviharas.
Re: Group of monkeys kill over 250 dogs for 'revenge' in Indian town
#5If an instinct or circuitry around revenge can exist in monkeys, I wonder if humans can ever fully escape that tendency, or if it is just built into who we are.
When humans cull all the wolves in an area because they killed a child, we don’t call it revenge. We call it animal control.
Re: Group of monkeys kill over 250 dogs for 'revenge' in Indian town
#6> villagers began attempting to rescue the dogs on their own. But some of them have found themselves subject to the monkeys' retaliation, and some have even injured themselves or fallen from buildings how strong are these monkeys? I mean I know monkeys are strong but can they really ambush a human, and push them over a ledge? can they kidnap a human, carry them upward and drop them over a ledge?
I think it’s implied that the people are just falling because they are startled or otherwise defending themselves against monkey strikes.
Re: Group of monkeys kill over 250 dogs for 'revenge' in Indian town
#7> villagers began attempting to rescue the dogs on their own. But some of them have found themselves subject to the monkeys' retaliation, and some have even injured themselves or fallen from buildings how strong are these monkeys? I mean I know monkeys are strong but can they really ambush a human, and push them over a ledge? can they kidnap a human, carry them upward and drop them over a ledge?
Have You ever tried to pull Yourself up to the top of a tree with 1 arm in 30 seconds?
Re: Group of monkeys kill over 250 dogs for 'revenge' in Indian town
#8If an instinct or circuitry around revenge can exist in monkeys, I wonder if humans can ever fully escape that tendency, or if it is just built into who we are.
Why is it something humans must "escape"?
Re: Group of monkeys kill over 250 dogs for 'revenge' in Indian town
#9> villagers began attempting to rescue the dogs on their own. But some of them have found themselves subject to the monkeys' retaliation, and some have even injured themselves or fallen from buildings how strong are these monkeys? I mean I know monkeys are strong but can they really ambush a human, and push them over a ledge? can they kidnap a human, carry them upward and drop them over a ledge?
I'd bet a pair of them could pick up and throw a human; if they could get the co-ordination right.
50lbs of dog is a bad opponent for a human, 2 of them and humans lose that fight fairly often. Some of the dogs in the video I saw were that size and larger; so if the monkeys can harass and herd them effectively then I'd expect them to be able to do it to a human as well.
A human prepared to fight and ready to start killing things is a completely different matter; but I don't think these critters have encountered that yet. They're probably about to.
Re: Group of monkeys kill over 250 dogs for 'revenge' in Indian town
#10> villagers began attempting to rescue the dogs on their own. But some of them have found themselves subject to the monkeys' retaliation, and some have even injured themselves or fallen from buildings how strong are these monkeys? I mean I know monkeys are strong but can they really ambush a human, and push them over a ledge? can they kidnap a human, carry them upward and drop them over a ledge?
They're macaques, so maybe they can handle small children. Not adults.