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He is now accepted almost as family, but anyone else like has to keep their distance so is so as not to pass on infections.
The reason that they feed these monkeys is to be able to monitor the population and that allows the rangers to know how healthy they are, and crucially, to protect them.
The reason that these monkeys’ numbers dropped to such a critical level was because they were hunted.
There is a lovely story that connects the Lizu with these particular monkeys.
The legend has it that a small Lizu boy got lost in the forest and couldn’t find his way out. And the longer he stayed in the forest he started to grow hair to keep him warm, and the hairier he got the more embarrassed he became to go back and approach people. And so, he stayed in the forest and turned into a snubed-nose monkey.
There is a special relationship I think between the Lizu people and these monkeys.
Sine you’ve been working at here, have you seen the population here grow and get healthier? Wow, that’s amazing, that’s a r eally good job.
Part of the Lizu rangers' job on reserve is to monitor the health of these primates, which means collecting their poop poo at regular intervals.
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