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Kerala monkey doubles up as a shepherd

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http://www.ibnlive.com/news/kerala-monkey-doubles-up-as-a-shepherd/67606-13.html

Kundur Sathya Narayanan / CNN-IBN
Mon, Jun 23, 2008

Pallakad (Kerala): Compare him to the goats and he may look small, but
Mani the monkey, shepherds nearly 100 goats in Nelliyampathy,
Palakkad. The goat's ear is how he controls them. He makes the goats
turn right or left by tugging gently at their ear. And he attacks
anyone who ventures near the goats.

Manager Greenland Farmhouse, P J Martin says, "I got this monkey three
years ago, bleeding all over. I applied medicine and left it with the
goats. Afterwards he was always with the goats. He does all works as a
man does it."

Three-year-old Mani effortlessly shepherds the goats through the
coffee plantations. He even eats his food sitting on top of a goat.
The tourists who visit the farmhouse watch Mani with awe.

A tourist, S Snehalatha says, "We came here on a holiday and heard
about this monkey that is a shepherd. We have been watching him for
the past few minutes and he seems to do his job better than a man
would."

And you're in trouble if Mani catches you watching the goats. But then
again, he's got a job to do.