Robbing and bartering in Balinese long-tailed macaques
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Robbing and bartering in Balinese long-tailed macaques Local kid offering a fruit bag to a young macaque holding the eyeglasses he just stole from a temple visitor (Uluwatu) Local kid offering a fruit bag to a young macaque holding the eyeglasses he just stole from a temple visitor (Uluwatu)
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199944962The macaques living around the Uluwaty Temple (south Bali) have become experts at robbing temple visitors of eyeglasses that they use as token (to exchange them for food) The macaques living around the Uluwaty Temple (south Bali) have become experts at robbing temple visitors of eyeglasses that they use as token (to exchange them for food)
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199944963Stealing sunglasses from a tourist
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200619333Stealing a flip-flop from a tourist
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200619410Zoom-in on a bartering event
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200619456A young macaque just stole eyeglasses from a temple visitor (Uluwatu) A young macaque just stole eyeglasses from a temple visitor (Uluwatu)
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199944969After a few minutes spent with no offers, an adult male macaque has damaged his token (Uluwatu) After a few minutes spent with no offers, an adult male macaque has damaged his token (Uluwatu)
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199944967After a few minutes spent with no offers, an adult male macaque has damaged his token (Uluwatu) After a few minutes spent with no offers, an adult male macaque has damaged his token (Uluwatu)
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199944965A young macaque stole eyeglasses, received a first food reward (cracker), and is "raising the bid" for a second food reward before returning the token (Uluwatu) A young macaque stole eyeglasses, received a first food reward (cracker), and is "raising the bid" for a second food reward before returning the token (Uluwatu)
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199944964An adult macaque stole eyeglasses from a tourist (left) and returned them in exchange for a bag of fruit - not a bank note! (Uluwatu) An adult macaque stole eyeglasses from a tourist (left) and returned them in exchange for a bag of fruit - not a bank note! (Uluwatu)
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199944966A macaque is looking at the token (eyeglasses) stolen by another group member (Uluwatu) A macaque is looking at the token (eyeglasses) stolen by another group member (Uluwatu)
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199944968Stealing sunglasses... for fun (?) What could have been the original motivation for robbing tourists (or temple visitors) of non-edible and non-valuable objects for the monkeys?
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200427375"Fair game" at Uluwatu... Hundreds of tourists (or temple visitors) are daily easy targets for monkey-robbers in the Uluwatu population of Balinese long-tailed macaques
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