Too close for comfort: Proximity to humans is significantly affecting the behaviours of lion-tailed macaques
The Lion-tailed macaque, an endemic species of primates in the Western Ghats. [Image credits: Ganesh Raghunathan]
Warning: This article contains images showing animal injuries that may be disturbing to some readers.
In the Annamalai hills of Valparai, Western Ghats, lives a species of primates found nowhere else on the planet—the lion-tailed macaques. For thousands of years, they have lived a life of frolic—jumping from tree to tree in the canopy of the rainforest and feasting on their favouri
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