Hundreds of monkeys swarmed the Lopburi district in Thailand as they couldn’t find anything to consume.
The hungry animals even attacked a monkey from their group when he found a banana to eat.
Since Thailand has seen a massive drop in tourists due to the prevalence of coronavirus, the monkeys who were normally fed by the visitors couldn’t get anything to eat.
The starving animals who finally mobbed the city district can be seen roaming violently on the city roads.
Their aggressiveness even didn’t spare a member from their own group when he managed to acquire a banana. In a bid to grab the piece of food from the searcher, all the other monkeys collectively attacked him.
The locals were shocked at the behavior shown by the monkeys, who never acted like this before.
A woman named Sasaluk Rattanachai was working in a shop at the time. On seeing such a ferocious behavior by the monkeys, she filmed the scene from outside the store.
“They looked more like wild dogs than monkeys,” said Sasaluk, as she spoke of the frightful event.
She added: “They went crazy for the single piece of food. I’ve never seen them this aggressive. I think the monkeys were very, very hungry.
“There’s normally a lot of tourists here to feed the monkeys but now there are not as many, because of coronavirus.”
Lopburi is famous as a home to thousands of monkeys with many inhabiting the space of the ancient Buddha temple. Most of the monkeys here can be seen wandering and occupying the streets and roads.
Tourism in Thailand accounts for 20 per cent of the country’s economy.
However, due to the unfortunate spread of coronavirus, Thailand is witnessing a massive decline in the number of tourists.
Though the number of confirmed cases in Thailand hasn’t topped even a hundred, the country is experiencing about 50 per cent reduction in tourist numbers.
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