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Hiker chased by hungry monkey falls into Hong Kong reservoir
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/242796,hiker-chased-by-hungry-monkey-falls-into-hong-kong-reservoir.html

Hong Kong - A 46-year-old hiker was recovering in hospital Saturday
after falling 20 metres into a Hong Kong reservoir while running away
from a monkey trying to steal her food. The woman was hiking with
friends on Friday when a large adult monkey tried to snatch a bag of
nuts she was carrying, according to a spokesman for the emergency
services team who rescued her.

She ran away and tumbled down a steep bank before ending up in the
reservoir. The woman was taken to hospital with injuries to her head,
arms and legs.

The woman and her friends had been hiking in Shing Mun Country Park in
Hong Kong's rural New Territories when the monkey, part of a group of
grey macaque monkeys, began pestering them.

Outside its high-rise heart, rural Hong Kong is home to an estimated
2,100 monkeys whose numbers have risen sharply in recent years partly
because of hikers feeding them in parks.

In September, a 25-year-old woman was taken to hospital after being
mugged by a monkey for a box of egg tarts as she got off a bus in
another park in Hong Kong.