Day Eight - Part 2La 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 ...
The monkeys look quite unthreatening, unlike some macaques I have seen elsewhere.
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