Thursday, October 15, 2020

Stop and smell the lotus: Long-tailed macaque chilling outside Marina Bay Sands delights internet

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By Ilyas Sholihyn, ilyas@asiaone.com, AsiaOne, 12 October 2020 at 03:58 pm
 

A long-tailed macaque spotted near the Artscience Museum at Marina Bay Sands, somehow found its way at the popular riverside spot.
PHOTO: A long-tailed macaque spotted near the Artscience Museum at Marina Bay Sands, somehow found its way at the popular riverside spot.
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A long-tailed macaque that found its way to the heart of our concrete jungle unwittingly became the star of its own photoshoot after monkeying around near the Artscience Museum at Marina Bay Sands.

The animal — native to the forests of Singapore — had somehow found its way at the popular riverside spot in town back in Oct 2, according to Sabrina K. Nguyen.

The Facebook user shared on the Nature Society (Singapore) group page that she spotted the monkey during a run near Marina Bay Sands back then, expressing concern about how it got there in the first place.

Far from home it may be, but the lone primate didn’t seem too perturbed. It appeared to be just fine hanging about near the museum as it clambered on a railing, played with a budding lotus flower and even posed for a touristy picture with skyscrapers in the background across the Singapore River.


Far from home it may be, but the lone primate didn’t seem too perturbed.
PHOTO: Far from home it may be, but the lone primate didn’t seem too perturbed. It appeared to be just fine hanging about near the museum as it clambered on a railing.
PHOTO: Facebook/Sabrina k Nguyen
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The long-tailed macaque played with a budding lotus flower.
PHOTO: It even posed for a touristy picture with skyscrapers in the background across the Singapore River.
PHOTO: Facebook/Sabrina k Nguyen
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While most commenters oohed and aahed over the mini photoshoot, others too wondered how it managed to find its way to there.


While most commenters oohed and aahed over the mini photoshoot, others too wondered how it managed to find its way to there.
PHOTO: While most commenters oohed and aahed over the mini photoshoot, others too wondered how it managed to find its way to there.
PHOTO: Facebook/Sabrina k Nguyen
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In its advisory on macaques, National Parks Board (NParks) noted that the animals are innately curious and are drawn out of the forest to explore and to seek food. The board strongly advises against feeding monkeys should you encounter them in the open and that it would be best not to make any sudden movements near them.


National Parks Board (NParks) noted that the animals are innately curious and are drawn out of the forest to explore and to seek food.
PHOTO: National Parks Board (NParks) noted that the animals are innately curious and are drawn out of the forest to explore and to seek food. The board strongly advises against feeding monkeys should you encounter them in the open and that it would be best not to make any sudden movements near them.
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Basically, just minimise any contact with them. You don't want the wild animals to be munching on discarded food packaging and pulling off heists at supermarkets.


Basically, just minimise any contact with them. You don't want the wild animals to be munching on discarded food packaging and pulling off heists at supermarkets.
 

“The community needs to play their role to help the monkeys return to the forest and regain their natural behaviour of foraging,” stated NParks.


The community needs to play their role to help the monkeys return to the forest and regain their natural behaviour of foraging
 

Sarah Wijohn, 21, from New Zealand was left rather embarrassed after a cheeky monkey decided to pull her dress down during a holiday to Bali.
PHOTO: Sarah Wijohn, 21, from New Zealand was left rather embarrassed after a cheeky monkey decided to pull her dress down during a holiday to Bali. Visitors are often warned not to feed them or have anything precious on them, to prevent them getting violent.
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It isn't the first time a tourist exposed herself because of rude monkeys.
PHOTO: It isn't the first time a tourist exposed herself because of rude monkeys. Brittany Bowman was travelling in Thailand when a baby primate jumped up before tugging her top down, revealing her boobs.
Picture posted by Bota Sot on 17 March 2018 at 11:22 - Cheeky monkey pulls down Brittany Bowman's top
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While trying to swing up to her shoulders, the monkey grabbed on to Brittany's off-the-shoulder top and almost revealed her boobs underneath before the tourist managed to preserve her modesty.
PHOTO: While trying to swing up to her shoulders, the monkey grabbed on to Brittany's off-the-shoulder top and almost revealed her boobs underneath before the tourist managed to preserve her modesty.
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Charmian Chen (陳維芊, Chén wéiqiān) attracts the attention of a macaque while visiting the Sacred Monkey Forest Ubud in Bali.
PHOTO: Charmian Chen (陳維芊, Chén wéiqiān) attracts the attention of a macaque while visiting the Sacred Monkey Forest Ubud in Bali. The two macaques apparently spotted a piece of corn that had fallen down Ms Chen's top and decided they wanted it back.
The embarrassed student manages to cling on to her modesty after macaque pulls down dress.
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Charmian Chen (陳維芊, Chén wéiqiān) stripped by monkey
PHOTO: Charmian Chen (陳維芊, Chén wéiqiān) stripped by monkey
Covering her assets: But she is left red-faced after the monkeys pull down her sarong and pink bikini in search of more corn. Despite her valiant effors to fend it off, one monkey managed to pull down her top leaving the red-faced model to cover herself as best she could, with her hands.
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By Ilyas Sholihyn, ilyas@asiaone.com, AsiaOne, 12 October 2020 at 03:58 pm




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[1] Ilyas Sholihyn, ilyas@asiaone.com, AsiaOne, Stop and smell the lotus: Long-tailed macaque chilling outside Marina Bay Sands delights internet, posted on 12 October 2020 at 03:58 pm, https://www.asiaone.com/digital/stop-and-smell-lotus-long-tailed-macaque-chilling-outside-marina-bay-sands-delights


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