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Found this, thought of you, all!
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_114817.html?nav_src=newsIndexHeadline
Indian monkeys go to war on smokers
A group of 14 monkeys appear to be staging a bizarre campaign against
smokers at a building in India.
According to reports, the monkeys march around the Sahara India building in
Patna in single file and deliver a sharp slap to anyone found smoking.
Witnesses say the creatures have surrounded 'offenders' and even emptied
their pockets of cigarettes. On one occasion they started smoking the
cigarettes themselves, and began to cough and splutter.
One office worker named only as Anuj told The Hindustan Times: "They have
terrorized the entire neighbourhood. They enter offices and sit on the
vacant chairs and flap through official files and no-one ever dare disturb
them."
Deepak Kochgaway, a senior reporter at the Rashtriya Sahara newspaper, says
the monkeys live in the building's pipes. "I have informed the police and
the authorities about the monkey trouble," he said.
"No-one dares to carry cigarettes in their pockets, let alone smoke.
Everyone is afraid of getting accosted by the monkeys.
Office workers have tried to appease the monkeys with bananas and sweets,
but have been ignored.
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