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Group of Monkeys Kill over 250 Dogs for 'Revenge' in Indian Town

17 points by ermantrout 5y ago

kumarharsh 5y ago
This is the most insane news I've read all year! Reminds me of the crow whisperer story that was on this board many months ago - but here we have even more intelligent and dangerous species exacting revenge!
phendrenad2 5y ago
"Revenge" or "culling a dangerous species"? Humans do it too, that's why you can get a license to hunt crocodiles in Florida.
aaron695 5y ago
Lol, you can actually see the dogs telling the monkeys to fuck off in the videos - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xSZDV_e1WU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xSZDV_e1WU A monkey vs a dog? The monkey wins? Really. I would find it hard dragging a dog onto a roof and dropping it. That's challenging even with a better size difference and intelligence. There seems to be one picture where they have a puppy. Not sure it's even harmed? "Pictures in local media show a monkey on a rooftop holding a dog" But does it actually drop it off the roof? This is a moral panic. It's even moved to neighbouring villages. The same moral panic as happen with minorities and ends up with districts burnt down. People just don't like monkeys.
Maursault 5y ago
Shame that domestic dogs are treated this way, and I don't mean by the monkeys. It is a deficit of that individuals of the town, and any place, that does nothing about stray and feral domesticated animals. It doesn't take long to eliminate the problem humanely with simple trap, neuter (or spay), and release programs. I'm not at all worldly, but India, an ancient society that invented Chess and discovered Fibonacci numbers, and a vast number of other discoveries and inventions (I think fibre optics were invented in India). Anyway, my point is that India has been, since ancient times, a giant of literature, mathematics, astronomy, music, medicine, architecture, social revolution, and India has produced countless notable and even pivotal intellectuals, academics, engineers, doctors, spiritual leaders, etc. etc., and yet there is heartbreaking widespread poverty, overpopulation, horrific crime (way too many reports of children being gang raped and murdered), it just doesn't make any sense to me, nor does the animosity between India and Pakistan, which must cause massive waste of resources for defense that could be far better spent. And there is no need to reinvent the wheel, every problem there has known solutions that are at the very least reasonably effective. There are enough educated and capable individuals there that it just seems like all the issues should have been solved long before the British arrived, maybe even before Alexander arrived. I sort of understand why we're not all speaking Hindi (a different philosophy and ethic would prevent imperialism), but it is now, nearly 2022, and it just seems like the sad stories from there should have ceased generations ago.
- nitred 5y ago
  I think India has virtually the same problems as America or any other western country and a few problems that are unique to it like the caste system etc. However the problems are more pronounced in India. There's more uneducated, more illiteracy, more corruption, more hatred among groups etc. Having read the wonderful article about Going Critical [1] it's made me realize that, if one society is worse off than another by only 10% by some metric, it could mean that the society is far worse off than 10% due to cascading effects. If you've ever been to India and stood by the side of a busy road in one of the poorer areas of a city, this or any other kind of news will not surprise you, infact I'm sure you will, like me, be dumbstruck as to how India manages to do keep it's shit together in the first place. [1] https://meltingasphalt.com/interactive/going-critical/ https://meltingasphalt.com/interactive/going-critical/
rex_lupi 5y ago
"The revolution has just begun"- Some monkey, probably
garyclarke27 5y ago
I’d like to see some Monkeys try and capture my 54kg (129lb) Doberman. He is ridiculously strong, has broken a few collars and is impossible to move if he decides to.

17 points by ermantrout 5y ago

This is the most insane news I've read all year! Reminds me of the crow whisperer story that was on this board many months ago - but here we have even more intelligent and dangerous species exacting revenge!

phendrenad2 5y ago

"Revenge" or "culling a dangerous species"? Humans do it too, that's why you can get a license to hunt crocodiles in Florida.

aaron695 5y ago

Lol, you can actually see the dogs telling the monkeys to fuck off in the videos - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xSZDV_e1WU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xSZDV_e1WU A monkey vs a dog? The monkey wins? Really. I would find it hard dragging a dog onto a roof and dropping it. That's challenging even with a better size difference and intelligence. There seems to be one picture where they have a puppy. Not sure it's even harmed? "Pictures in local media show a monkey on a rooftop holding a dog" But does it actually drop it off the roof? This is a moral panic. It's even moved to neighbouring villages. The same moral panic as happen with minorities and ends up with districts burnt down. People just don't like monkeys.

Maursault 5y ago

Shame that domestic dogs are treated this way, and I don't mean by the monkeys. It is a deficit of that individuals of the town, and any place, that does nothing about stray and feral domesticated animals. It doesn't take long to eliminate the problem humanely with simple trap, neuter (or spay), and release programs. I'm not at all worldly, but India, an ancient society that invented Chess and discovered Fibonacci numbers, and a vast number of other discoveries and inventions (I think fibre optics were invented in India). Anyway, my point is that India has been, since ancient times, a giant of literature, mathematics, astronomy, music, medicine, architecture, social revolution, and India has produced countless notable and even pivotal intellectuals, academics, engineers, doctors, spiritual leaders, etc. etc., and yet there is heartbreaking widespread poverty, overpopulation, horrific crime (way too many reports of children being gang raped and murdered), it just doesn't make any sense to me, nor does the animosity between India and Pakistan, which must cause massive waste of resources for defense that could be far better spent. And there is no need to reinvent the wheel, every problem there has known solutions that are at the very least reasonably effective. There are enough educated and capable individuals there that it just seems like all the issues should have been solved long before the British arrived, maybe even before Alexander arrived. I sort of understand why we're not all speaking Hindi (a different philosophy and ethic would prevent imperialism), but it is now, nearly 2022, and it just seems like the sad stories from there should have ceased generations ago.

nitred 5y ago
I think India has virtually the same problems as America or any other western country and a few problems that are unique to it like the caste system etc. However the problems are more pronounced in India. There's more uneducated, more illiteracy, more corruption, more hatred among groups etc. Having read the wonderful article about Going Critical [1] it's made me realize that, if one society is worse off than another by only 10% by some metric, it could mean that the society is far worse off than 10% due to cascading effects. If you've ever been to India and stood by the side of a busy road in one of the poorer areas of a city, this or any other kind of news will not surprise you, infact I'm sure you will, like me, be dumbstruck as to how India manages to do keep it's shit together in the first place. [1] https://meltingasphalt.com/interactive/going-critical/ https://meltingasphalt.com/interactive/going-critical/

rex_lupi 5y ago

"The revolution has just begun"- Some monkey, probably

garyclarke27 5y ago

I’d like to see some Monkeys try and capture my 54kg (129lb) Doberman. He is ridiculously strong, has broken a few collars and is impossible to move if he decides to.