![]() ![]() On how her research into the illegal trade of dried tiger penises led to her new book "But anyway, I got mugged."įuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach ![]() ![]() or whether they were competing bandits," she says. "I don't know if they were a team, like 'I'll distract her and you grab the bananas,'. Then Roach saw a monkey pop its head up from behind a boulder, "kind of like the bandits waiting for the stagecoach." Just as that monkey stepped into her path, another monkey darted up behind her and snatched the bag of bananas. ![]() "I walked up this trail where I knew there were a lot of macaques, and I walked up holding a bag of bananas."Īt first, nothing happened. "I was kind of asking for it," Roach admits. Science writer Mary Roach experienced this firsthand when a group of macaque monkeys accosted her in India. Vishal Bhatnagar/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesĪnimals living among us often ignore the rules we try to impose on them. One attorney told author Mary Roach about a macaque that infiltrated a medical institute and began pulling out patient IVs. Monkeys have been known to sneak into swimming pools, courts and even the halls of India's Parliament. Macaques check out a camera in Galtaji Temple in Jaipur, India. ![]()
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