The crazy incident took place around Prang Sam Yot, in front of Phra Kan Shrine in Lopburi, a popular tourist destination in the country that is home to thousands of monkeys. With Covid-19 restrictions that kept tourists away from the city and lockdown that kept even most locals indoors, the primates have been struggling to get food. It seems hunger led to the fight between the two groups.The person who recorded the clip told Thairath that he went up to the third floor of a building to clean it when he heard monkeys screeching. Although monkey fights are common in the locality, he said he had never seen so many monkeys wrestling with each other before, which he likened to a gangster fight in a movie.He said it was impossible to stop the monkeys as they took on each other and when people started to honk louder to disperse them, it only aggravated the matter. “As a result of this incident, several monkeys were injured. There was blood on the road surface. And not until the leader of the losing side resigned himself, they did not retreat,” the eye-witness added.“Monkey battles in Lopburi occur frequently. It’s not strange. It’s about the power struggle, the food fight, the fertilization of the females,” a spokesperson for the Department of National Parks told Matichon.However, this is not the first time it has happened. In 2020, two gangs of monkeys were embroiled in a fight in the same city and video started serious conversation about taking care of animals during the pandemic. Many had argued that tourism changed the behaviour of these monkeys as they now expect to receive food from humans.Rival monkey gangs have huge fight in Thailand #animal #oddities #lopburi #thailand #monkeys #rival #gangs #fight #KameraOne pic.twitter.com/f0rnS1Kt1r
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