Toque macaque just opened my backpack on the Sigiriya stairs - is this a thing or did we get unlucky
Happened on the way down from the lion paws the other morning. Zipper, granola, then the bottle. A kid near us started screaming and the troop got louder. Do they actually snatch phones. Should we even carry food up.
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Toque macaques on that rock are professional. No food in the side pocket, no banana in the hand, bottles zipped inside. They will take a loose phone if you set it on a wall for a selfie. Do not stare them down and do not feed them to make them go. If a troop is excited, stand still, bag on the chest, walk on. Wasps are the other reason they close a section - if you see a nest and a sign, that is not decoration.
They got our cashews at the summit. Not our cameras. I now climb with an empty bag and buy a king coconut after I am off the rock.
Same monkeys at Dambulla and Pidurangala. Same rules. The screaming is usually the humans.
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