Bali monkey thieves
This is a preview of a BBC series on the world’s sneakiest animals. It is the second episode showing cheeky Bali monkey thieves and was filmed at the Uluwatu Temple in South Bali.
The monkeys (macaque species) at the Uluwatu Temple as well as in the Ubud Monkey Forest have a bad reputation for harassing visitors. This includes stealing objects that at first sight have no value to them, or does it?
Check-out this YouTube video clip by the BBC taken in Bali.
Other than at the Uluwatu Temple you can also find groups of monkeys at the Ubud Monkey Forest and along busy streets that cross through the mountains.
The macaques are omnivores who eat a variety of plants and animals. They live in groups which can have from three up to twenty females, their young and one or many males. These social groups will generally have less males than females. The female macaques are the dominant ones.
Mischievous Monkeys
Have you come across cheeky monkeys in Bali? Share your Bali monkey stories with us in the comments below …
I was sat on a platform watching a baby monkey eating a nut. DO NOT FALL FOR THIS! What happened next shook me to my core. Out of nowhere a monkey swiped my raybans off my face in a flash. I didn’t hear it coming from behind me it was silent as hell! A man threw a bag of nuts at it but it didn’t want to let go of the glasses so he ran after it and the monkey ran off leavi g the glasses behind. It seems that the monkeys use their babies as bait to get you to watch them as they sneek up on you.
One of these stole my daughter’s glasses a few years ago.We tried bartering with a banana but the cheeky thing put its hand out for the banana while putting the one with the glasses behind its back! We did eventually have them returned when it apparently got bored with them 🙂