Life-size cutouts of grey langurs known to scare off other smaller species of monkeys are being put up across various localities in Prayagraj ahead of Mahakumbh-2025 to curb monkey menace.
In one Indian town, monkeys will steal your glasses — and give them back if you toss them a container of mango juice. It's one more sign of the impact of urbanization on the wild.
This story appears in the August 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine. In India monkey business takes on a whole new meaning. Hanuman langurs are trained in New Delhi to scare off aggressive ...
Golden langurs are arboreal primates found in the forests of western Assam and southern Bhutan. They have a golden to cream coat, are herbivorous, and live in social troops.
Forest officials visited the areas where the monkey was spotted after Thursday afternoon. Barely did the forest team heave some relief when the langur resurfaced in the Soniwad area of the town on ...
India is poised to host the prestigious G20 ... Life-size cut-outs of grey langur monkeys - which scare smaller monkeys - have been put up at various places. Delhi has a huge monkey population ...
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Langurs are leaf eaters, which is why they are sometimes called leaf monkeys. They live in family groups of multiple males and females, led by a dominant male. Popa langurs are small monkeys that ...