Today, Holy's dad brought us to Monkey Mountain. The monkeys there are borderline domesticated. You can walk right up to them and they won't run away. A lot of families bring their children there. They also bring a lot of food with them to feed the monkeys. You can literally hold out some food and the monkeys will walk right up to you and take the food from your hand. The first monkey I saw only had 3 legs. One of his legs was probably bitten off in a fight.
Personally I don't like how unafraid the monkeys were of humans. Apartment buildings were built directly across the street from this mountain. According to Holy's dad, these monkeys will often times climb into people's homes looking for food. Because there is such a limit on space in Hong Kong, they are developing more homes into the mountains. This reduces the amount of space, these monkeys have to live. At the same time however, because people are feeding these monkeys, their population has also increased significantly. With more monkeys and less space to live, all they can do is fight for dominance. In the end, the monkeys are ultimate victims of urbanization.
Personally I don't like how unafraid the monkeys were of humans. Apartment buildings were built directly across the street from this mountain. According to Holy's dad, these monkeys will often times climb into people's homes looking for food. Because there is such a limit on space in Hong Kong, they are developing more homes into the mountains. This reduces the amount of space, these monkeys have to live. At the same time however, because people are feeding these monkeys, their population has also increased significantly. With more monkeys and less space to live, all they can do is fight for dominance. In the end, the monkeys are ultimate victims of urbanization.