Article 2RGC0 Wildlife tourists who mistake aggression for kissy-faces in danger of monkey-bites

Wildlife tourists who mistake aggression for kissy-faces in danger of monkey-bites

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Cory Doctorow
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A University of Lincoln researcher on holiday in Morocco noticed that wildlife tourists were mistaking macaques' aggressive facial expressions for kissy faces and responding "by imitating the monkey's facial expression, which generally ended by either aggression by the monkey towards the tourists or the monkey leaving the interaction" -- which leads to monkey bites. (more")

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