1.0Fukuoka Nowhttps://www.fukuoka-now.comNickSzaszhttps://www.fukuoka-now.com/author/nickszasz/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="iTMHasYLH6"><a href="https://www.fukuoka-now.com/en/news/more-monkeys-entering-residential-areas/">More Monkeys Entering Residential Areas</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.fukuoka-now.com/en/news/more-monkeys-entering-residential-areas/embed/#?secret=iTMHasYLH6" width="600" height="338" title="“More Monkeys Entering Residential Areas” — Fukuoka Now" data-secret="iTMHasYLH6" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.fukuoka-now.com/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://i0.wp.com/www.fukuoka-now.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/monkeys.png?fit=642%2C364&ssl=1642364The Sawara Police Station received reports from residents on 6:40am on Aug. 30 of around 70 monkeys in a residential area of Wakiyama, Sawara-ku. Later that afternoon, more reports were received of around 20 monkeys in residents’ gardens in the same area. Police tried to scare the monkeys away with a loud siren. After eating crops in the garden, the monkeys fled. In Miyazaki’s Hyuga City, there have also been recent monkey sightings - including incidents in which a total of 7 civilians were attacked and injured. On Aug. 28 and 29, a monkey entered a temple for the fourth time in one month (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VZj_xTI7mM). The monkeys have not yet been caught. Specialists say the recent heat-wave may have caused the strange behaviour of the monkeys; it’s possible that the hot weather dried the water sources available in the mountains, so they descended upon the city looking for water in a river close to the residential area. Source: Nishinippon Shimbun 9/2