Cristina Sciortino
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This was filmed at Monkey Bay, Thailand — a hotspot for tourists and crab-eating long-tailed macaques. It looks fun. But feeding wild animals might be doing more harm than good... 🧵👇 1/10
#wildlifetourism #macaques #MonkeyBay #ProvisionFeeding #animalwelfare #primateconservation
#wildlifetourism #macaques #MonkeyBay #ProvisionFeeding #animalwelfare #primateconservation
May 20, 2025 at 1:27 AM
This was filmed at Monkey Bay, Thailand — a hotspot for tourists and crab-eating long-tailed macaques. It looks fun. But feeding wild animals might be doing more harm than good... 🧵👇 1/10
#wildlifetourism #macaques #MonkeyBay #ProvisionFeeding #animalwelfare #primateconservation
#wildlifetourism #macaques #MonkeyBay #ProvisionFeeding #animalwelfare #primateconservation
In the group of free‐ranging Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) at the Awajishima Monkey Center in Japan, ~17% have congenital limb malformations.
That's nearly 1 in 5 monkeys. 6/10
-Turner et al. (2022)
That's nearly 1 in 5 monkeys. 6/10
-Turner et al. (2022)
May 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
In the group of free‐ranging Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) at the Awajishima Monkey Center in Japan, ~17% have congenital limb malformations.
That's nearly 1 in 5 monkeys. 6/10
-Turner et al. (2022)
That's nearly 1 in 5 monkeys. 6/10
-Turner et al. (2022)