If you’re ever in New Delhi and think you hear a monkey, don’t assume it’s a monkey.
It could be a professional monkey noise impersonator.
That’s because humans have been trained to imitate the guttural grunts and shrieks of gray langurs, a type of large monkey that can scare away the smaller kinds that tend to invade city officials’ residences or disrupt state visits.
This weekend, the impersonators will take on a fresh challenge: keeping monkeys, which often evade guards by swinging through tree canopies, from barging into venues for the Group of 20 summit of world leaders, the first to take place in India.
The event is an important one for India on the global stage, and the government does not want monkeys to steal the spotlight.
Organizations:
Group
Locations:
New Delhi, barging, India