What you need to know to avoid injury ...

These cute little monkey who are roaming the areas of greatest influx of tourists Thailand dangerous!

Macaques

Thailand is home to many species of primates, but can see the most common monkeys, if you have a macaque (pronounced "my kak"), a small animal, gray or gray-brown usually on trees or other foliage hung visit. Thai macaques average is about two meters high and about 15 kilos, but simply because they are small, this does not mean it can not hurt. In fact, can be very aggressive macaques in Thailand. According to a recent report about 600 people were treated monkeys only hospital in the previous year after the attacks on Phi Phi Iceland. The authorities have not yet installed warning signs for people to be careful, but it seems to stop incidents.

Do not Feed the Animals!

In some tourist areas, such as in the round of group visits Maya Bay Phi Phi Iceland and Monkey Beach, visitors are invited to feed peanuts animals, bananas or other snacks and macaques are used to get groceries people who often draw from to understand the hands of the people it or act aggressively when it is not imminent. Those who turn (often in fear) sometimes scratched up or try to avoid foods or there will be bitten. The sad thing is that these monkeys of tourists and tour guides who think it's cute and fun to feed wild hand used to. If your guide gives you bananas to the monkeys do not have to participate. It's also fun to remote monkeys. If you choose to feed the monkeys, let the children to interact with them and throwing food to them, rather than waiting to take your hand.

Do not touch it!

Another way for tourists to try to touch or pet problems with this monkey baby monkeys. These primates are very protective of their young. You approach or try to reach a young monkey, and especially not to approach, a mother monkey with a baby. The macaques are social creatures and come to the defense of others. If you are bitten or scratched, you should get a tetanus shot and clean the wound.

More Monkey Horror Stories

This is not just Thai macaques, which are responsible for all evil. In Ubud, Bali Forest macaques to rob tourists are known, all the time, and although the loss of their sunglasses seems like a fun memory, leave many tourists Indonesia have also visited a hospital after the attack. And Delhi, India, attacked a herd of monkeys, the deputy mayor of the city in 2007. When he tried to fight, he fell off his balcony and died of his injuries later.