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When monkeys attack

Posted By Suzanne Merkelson

Monday, August 30, 2010 - 6:43 PM

Another side effect of summer heat? In August, according to CNNGo,
Japanese monkeys "get most feisty." This year, at least 43 people in
Shizuoka prefecture have been injured due to monkey transgressions. On
August 25 alone, about 15 people in the city of Susono were injured.
Residents have been bitten and scratched; one 73-year-old woman
reported that a monkey grabbed her leg from behind.

In Tokyo, a wild monkey was caught two weeks ago after hiding out in a
three-story house. In Mainichi, the local newspaper reported a lack of
progress in halting the monkey mayhem: "Police, firefighters and local
hunters have been searching for the monkeys but so far none have been
captured."