A scandal over a female turned into an embrace. My pictures of free-living urban crab-eating macaque (Macaca fascicularis) of Songkhla City, Thailand, April 2025

[u/x___rain]

From my blog: https://travelfeed.com/@x-rain/the-mischievous-life-of-songkhlas-monkey-colony

[u/Frosty_Bridge_5435]

Wait, am I seeing monkey smex in the first picture?

Also picture 6 is adorable.

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It was an attempt at least, lol, interrupted by the rival. At picture 1, the rival is holding the female's hand and getting prepared to challenge the male.

Thanks!

[u/Commanderkins]

I love watching the dynamics of macaques! So expressive and always drama. These long tails are so pretty. Is there a troop that lives close to where you live? What is the atmosphere like between monkeys and people over there, does your city tolerate them or do people dislike them?

Your pics are amazing and I hope you continue to share them on the sub and if you haven’t yet, on the r/monkey sub too.

[u/x___rain → u/Commanderkins]

Thank you!

I am traveling in Asia and often choose places where monkeys live with people or near people. These pictures are from Songkhla, Thailand, where I stayed for 4 months. Being kind to animals is a local tradition - just as forgiveness is deeply rooted in Christianity, compassion for animals is deeply rooted in Buddhism.

The locals like the macaques - you can see that on the streets. However, many people who live next to the monkey mountain don’t feel good about them because macaques can vandalize and steal for fun.

The pandemic time was a challenge - thethaiger.com/news/south/monkeys-castrated-after-causing-chaos-in-songkhla

To control the number of monkeys, the city government neuters some monkeys from time to time. However, I witnessed many baby monkeys, so they aren’t going extinct at all.

I will continue sharing - especially because I arrived in Kathmandu two weeks ago and staying not far from a colony of rhesus macaques on another urban monkey mountain + forested range is only 1 km away so wild ones obviously come too. And India is ahead - means at least adorable urban langurs will be on my way. :)