This week, a city in Thailand is in turmoil! The source of this chaos turned out to be a group of monkeys. Tourists inadvertently feed the monkeys sugary sweets and drinks, only to cause them to become hypersexual, crazy and violent. The city was forced into a virtual lockdown, businesses closed their doors, residents were forced to hide in their homes, and the streets became dangerous battlegrounds.
According to British media on February 11, the city occupied by monkeys is called Lopo Biri City. Up to 3,500 monkeys have completely taken over the entire city, forming different factions and waging brutal gang wars. Some areas have become off-limits to residents, and visitors have been told to avoid these dangerous areas.
The monkeys in Lopobiri were originally a major tourist attraction in the city, and there was even an annual monkey buffet festival. Tourists flock to the monkeys to devour fruits and vegetables.
However, due to the pandemic, the event was cancelled, resulting in the monkeys losing a lot of food**. To prevent monkeys from attacking local residents, people started giving them unhealthy junk food that contains a lot of sugars such as sweets, soft drinks, chocolates, and cereals.
However, this move has had the exact opposite effect. Foods that are too high in sugar make the monkeys more excited and violent, and even increase their desire to reproduce. Nowadays, these monkeys are not just stealing food, they have even started stealing cars and creating chaos on the roads. Local residents and businesses were in a panic and had to close their shops or hide in their homes to avoid being attacked by monkeys.
Currently, Thailand's Ministry of National Parks has taken action and launched a sterilization program to try to control the population of these wild monkeys. They succeeded in luring hundreds of monkeys into cages with large fruits for sterilization. In addition, this measure will take time to bear fruit, and the residents of the city can only temporarily endure the chaos caused by this monkey.
For tourists, the incident is also a cautionary tale to be respectful of wildlife and not to provide them with inappropriate food that could cause similar chaos. Hopefully, calm will return to the city as soon as possible and residents will be able to safely get out of their homes and rebuild their shattered lives.