26 July 2008

The Monkeys (2)

Today, we took a trip down to Dehradun to get some of the essentials that we can't otherwise obtain here in Mussoorie. Before going down, though, Beth went to the school to get a little work done in her room. She remembered to bring the camera with her so that she could get some pictures of the monkeys. The first picture below gives a nice idea of how deceptively cute the rhesus monkey is. The second picture--with at least a dozen monkeys visible in the frame--gives an idea of the nuisance that these critters are.
In addition to this sample of photographs, Beth was able to take a couple of short videos from the safety of her classroom. It looks a little blurry at times because it was looking through the glass of her window. To the far right of the scene, you can see how close the monkeys get to the stairway that leads to Beth's art room.
Now imagine the noise that all of those monkeys would make fighting on a metal roof above your head. Things are not always as cute as they seem.
Dave and Beth

2 comments:

Josh Leo said...

Awesome! thanks for posting the video!

Monique, Jasmine, Mia and Camille said...

The girls just loved the video. Jasmine would like to know if they wrestle and Camille says "No more monkeys jumping on the bed!"

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