If anyone tries to pick them up, he will grab them back immediately.'Ĭhangpirom said: 'We received a report from someone who was concerned about the health of the monkey. 'He is very possessive of them, guarding them like treasure and not allowing anyone to easily take them. 'He also has behavioural problems, because he has too many toys from his previous owner. Wildlife officials visited the market in the Min Buri district of the Thai capital on March 25 and Godzilla was carried away in a cage Organiser Kawinoat MongKholtechaphat said at the time: 'Uncle has got fat because he has just been eating everything that people give to him. In 2017, Thai primate conservation group 'Monkey Lovers' said that Uncle was not sick - he was just fat - and wanted him returned to his friends. They decided to send the chubby chap to monkey 'fat camp' to try and reduce his weight to a more acceptable 8kg. He left officials no choice but to intervene, and he was taken for a health check. With macaques normally weigh between eight and 10kg, the 27kg beast was the same weight as three of his kind. The elderly monkey was popular with locals and tourists alike, gobbling any food that he good get his paws on.īut the abundance of food offered to him by visitors, which included sugary melons and sweetcorn as well as extremely unhealthy human food like milkshakes and noodles, meant he piled on the pounds. Living in the wild near a tourist hotspot floating water market in Bangkok, Uncle Fatty had been enjoying a lavish lifestyle.
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