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  • From: Carrie McLaren <carrie AT stayfreemagazine.org>
  • To: monkeywire AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
  • Subject: Monkey kills Malaysian man with coconut
  • Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 12:30:44 -0500


Monkey kills Malaysian man with coconut
http://news.24.com/News24/World/Australasia/0,1113,2-10-36_1065214,00.html

13/08/2001 07:51

Kuala Lumpur (dpa) - A Malaysian man who rented a trained monkey to pluck coconuts was killed when the macaque dropped a coconut on his head from a tree, a news report said Monday.

Mamat Kundur, 59, was killed instantly in the accident, which occurred Saturday at his coconut plantation in a village in northeastern Kelantan state.

The New Straits Times daily newspaper said Mamat had gone to his small plantation to gather the plucked coconuts when he was hit by the falling coconut.

He had earlier hired the monkey from its owner to pluck the coconuts. Malaysian villagers frequently capture macaques from nearby jungles and train them to pluck coconuts.



  • Monkey kills Malaysian man with coconut, Carrie McLaren, 08/13/2001

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