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I saw the title, got ready to post about my own criminal monkey misadventures, and realized it's the same place (Uluwatu Temple). However, the story underplays
by decimalenough 1y ago
I saw the title, got ready to post about my own criminal monkey misadventures, and realized it's the same place (Uluwatu Temple). However, the story underplays an important element: it's actually a triangular syndicate of crime, and humans are very much part of the picture.
First, the monkey steals something of value from a tourist and (the missing bit) they run inside the temple buildings, which are off-limits to tourists.
Second, a friendly temple priest or caretaker (the mentioned "monkey handlers"), who is allowed inside, fences the loot by exchanging it for something a monkey values, like a tasty banana.
Third, the relieved tourist gets their belongings back and generously tips the caretaker.
- micah94 1y agoDo you think WSJ is doing this deliberately? Leaving out the part about how it's actually humans behind it. I've heard of this a long time ago, but I see this is a new story. Probably a hundred generations of monkeys have learned this behavior and they don't need any training or handling at this point!
- llbbdd 1y agoIt would not surprise me if WSJ leave this out to avoid painting white tourists as victims.
- decimalenough 1y agoOr brown locals as complicit.
- saghm 1y agoAh yes, the infamously woke Wall Street Journal, bastion of leftwing propaganda since time immemorial.
- decimalenough 1y agoYup, that seems to pretty much sum up Trump's view of it. https://www.rawstory.com/trump-wsj-2673800159/ https://www.rawstory.com/trump-wsj-2673800159/
- ViktorRay 1y agoSeems like an example of “monkey see monkey do”. Literally! Young monkeys observe older monkeys doing all this and that’s how the young monkeys learn to do this and it continues across generations.