After packing up at the John Hart Conservatory Fernando and
I went to look at the monkeys. If you don’t know Launceston then you are
probably doing a bit of a double take at the sentence.
Short story is that City Park has a zoo display of Japanese
Macaques. There is a history of having animal displays in City Park and some
years ago Launceston wanted to keep this tradition and so found the animal most
suited to the weather conditions. Unlike the monkey park in Beppu, the monkeys
are contained behind perspex walls because they have hepatitis.
Saturday was the day the clocks shifted to Eastern Summer
Time; it was also the first day of the monkey being on display till 4:30
(instead of 4). We arrived at about 10 past four. The monkeys were very
restless and soon started milling around the cave in the corner of their
enclosure where the door is their evening enclosure. I think their body clocks where telling them that their keeper was
late. Below are 4 short films of there behaviour during the 20 minutes of
waiting.
Monkey #1: forlorn sitting and pacing
Monkey #2: agitated calls
Monkey #3: temporary abandonment of the waiting game
Monkey #4: waiting over
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