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Monkey mafia steal your stuff, then sell it back for a cracker

Brian Owens · May 25, 2017 ·

Long-tailed macaques living near an Indonesian temple have figured out how to run a ransom racket on visiting tourists. The monkeys grab valuables, such as glasses, hats, cameras or, in one case, a wad of cash from the ticket booth, then wait for temple staff to offer them food before dropping their ill-gotten gains and […]

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