Sunday, September 24, 2017

What a Weekend - The Monkeys

Day Eight - Part 2
La Montagne des Singes


Our next stop on the Shuttle Bus route
is an Animal Park and Research Centre for Barbary Macaque Monkeys.

These Old World Monkey Species are fairly unique as they have no tail.



On entering the Park we were not quite sure what we would encounter.

We were given a handful of plain Popcorn and instructed to offer just one piece at a time and to hide the rest.





The monkeys are very clever and those that wanted to interact with the humans positioned themselves on the path rails.





The Others just get on with their lives 
in the 60 Acre wooded reserve.






Looks like the cuddly version in the souvenir shop
 was irresistible and will be making his way
 to a new home to Australia eventually!




And after a light lunch- it was back on the Shuttle and on to ...



1 comment:

  1. The monkeys look quite unthreatening, unlike some macaques I have seen elsewhere.

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