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Residents of Lopburi believe the large number of monkeys in the province pose no danger, despite the increasing number of monkeypox cases in many countries.

The cheeky, or smart, little simians might even collect their version of toll.

Francois langurs, the species is one of Chinas most endangered wild animals.

The Crime Suppression Division on Thursday arrested a 25-year-old man for transporting 102 wild monkeys hidden in a pickup truck, 18 of whom died later in the day.

The Commerce Ministry has instructed its commercial counsellor at the Thai Trade Office in London to explain to foreign customers and retailers that getting coconuts picked by monkeys is not an exercise in cruelty, Somdet Susomboon, director general of the Department of International Trade Promotion, said on Sunday (July 5).

Chinese scientists have implanted human brain genes into monkeys, in a study intended to provide insights into the unique evolution of human intelligence.

 A few years ago the Foreign Correspondents Club hosted a seminar entitled “Globalisation and the Role of the Thai State in Higher Education Reform”.

Shanghai: Chinese scientists announced they had cloned five monkeys from a single animal that was genetically engineered to have a sleep disorder, saying it could aid research into human psychological problems.

Officials are working out a plan to deal with 400 long-tailed macaques that have been invading fruit orchards and oil palm plantations for months in Surat Thani.

More than 20 long-tailed macaques raided a vocational college in Krabi's Klong Thom district on Wednesday morning, apparently to search for food.

Half-eaten watermelons – found near the area where 20 long-tailed macaques were found dead in Rayong's Klaeng district – are being tested to determine if they were laced with poison, a source at the provincial forestry office said on Thursday.

Seventy monkeys were released back to Khao To Sae (Monkey Hill) on Tuesday, five days after they were captured on the popular tourist hill overlooking Phuket Town and taken for sterilisation.