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Monkey hate is a form of zoosadism where humans have a hatred for monkeys and take pleasure in their suffering. [1] The phenomenon drew public attention after a global monkey torture ring was uncovered by the BBC in 2023. [2] Baby macaque monkeys are primarily targeted. [2] [3] Monkeys are often referred to by monkey haters as "tree rats". [2]
Macaques - used because of perceived close similarities to human babies – are forced to suffer sexual abuse, dismembering and immersion in freezing cold or boiling hot water, the report says.
The abuse of monkeys at the Angkor UNESCO World Heritage Site in northwestern Cambodia is not always so graphic, but authorities say it is a growing problem as people look for new ways to draw ...
Humans often feed them, which may alter their movement and keep them close to the river on weekends where high human traffic is present. [15] The monkeys can become aggressive toward humans (largely due to human ignorance of macaque behavior), and also carry potentially fatal human diseases, including the herpes B virus. [18]
Infanticide in non-human primates occurs when an individual kills its own or another individual's dependent young. Five hypotheses have been proposed to explain infanticide in non-human primates : exploitation , resource competition , parental manipulation, sexual selection , and social pathology .
Disadvantageous inequity aversion, which occurs when the animal protests as it gets a lesser reward than another animal, is most common. But advantageous inequity aversion has been observed as well, in chimpanzees, baboons and capuchins: the animal protests when it gets a better reward.
The downward part of the U-shape is caused by stress and as stress increases so does efficiency and performance, but only to a certain point. [39] When stress becomes too great, performance and efficiency decline. Sapolsky has also studied stress in rats and his results indicate that early experiences in young rats have strong, lasting effects.
Monkeys flown into the UK for laboratory testing were so badly injured that their crates were smeared with blood, photographs suggest.. The long-tailed macaques endured journeys of up to 25 hours ...