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Stephen Rowland's avatar

My interpretation is the monkeys got lazy when life was easy. Hard times make hard monkeys. Easy times lazy and slovenly monkeys. They’re much better off without the tourist being lazy & slovenly leaving food scraps out and altering the balance that nature provides.

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Álvaro García's avatar

It's an interesting perspective, it's true that "hard times make hard monkeys", this conditions boosts the adaptability of animals to their surroundings.

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jesse porter's avatar

My personal response to the COVID hysteria was to ignore it and the restrictions being imposed by our 'superiors.' I did not wear masks, got out more, and refused to get inoculated. I did not 'get' COVID and did not allow myself to be intimidated, either by the preening sociopaths making rules for the stupid masses or by the stupid masses who blindly followed the misguided policies of the fearmongers-in-chief.

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Cheaithanya Pappu's avatar

I like your point of all of us facing difficulties at somepoint. You should check this article out, it expands on your point: https://quantive.com/resources/articles/business-adaptability

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Álvaro García's avatar

Thank you for your feedback! I'll definitely check out the article you recommended, sounds interesting.

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Katharine Hill's avatar

Thank you for this heartwarming story backed by so many scholarly articles. We humans have a lot to learn about adaptability.

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Álvaro García's avatar

You are welcome. There is always something new to discover and learn!

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INGRID C DURDEN's avatar

glad they found food, and a styilsh one at that ! smart animals !

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Álvaro García's avatar

It's wonderful to see animals demonstrating their resourcefulness, isn't it?

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INGRID C DURDEN's avatar

absolutely, nature is wonderful. Yes sometimes animals can be 'cruel' in our eyes, but in nature I think it is very seldom. The only time I know of, is (house) cats playing with a prey. All the rest is with reason. Animals do not kill others by the thousands for a few square yard of land, or some stinky petrol!

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Álvaro García's avatar

True, some behaviors might seem harsh to us but they often serve a purpose within the natural order. Nature's balance offers inspiring lessons in harmony and coexistence.

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