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Originally Posted by khaadu75  If anyone has been to Jakhu temple in Simla , he will vouch that the monkeys there are super smart |
The pack leaders are especially smart, aggresssive and fearless. I have seen an amazing face-off in Bangalore when a stray dog chased a pack of monkeys up a tree. The dog was standing on two legs with his front legs on the tree-trunk and snarling. The pack-leader of the monkeys stayed just out of reach of the dog, and was quite a fearsome sight as he growled and swung down from branch to branch, coming within inches of the dog's face. He tried his best to scare off the dog for a long time (probably to protect his pack). What was amazing was that neither the dog nor the monkey flinched. That convinced me not to mess with these guys. I have often fed monkeys corn, which they particularly like and try to snatch off from your hands.