Irritating primates: in the town of Simla, in northern India, there are many monkeys - there's a monkey temple at the top of the hill, and monkeys are "revered"

Irritating primates: in the town of Simla, in northern India, there are many monkeys - there's a monkey temple at the top of the hill, and monkeys are "revered". Revered or not, though, the locals throw stones at them to make them get out of the path. I stayed there in a hotel. During the night, there were scratching noises - I assumed it was mice. It turned out to be a big alpha male, and he'd stolen all our chapatis and fruit from under the bed. He was very aggressive - he wouldn't back off when I confronted him, he really seemed to be up for a fight. I certainly wasn't - monkeys in that region carry rabies.