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The Study Preliminaries

July 9, 2008, in the mountains outside of Chiang Mai, Thailand

Today I was taken to Mae On for the first time. At the foot of the stairs to Mae On Cave, there are some small stalls selling refreshments to the few visitors who come to see the temple and the Mae On Cave. The people working in these stalls frequently see the monkeys. The Chao ban or villagers were very friendly and seemed more than happy to answer questions about the monkeys in the area. The monkeys are known as ling samae in Thai, but I have no idea what that translates to in English yet. 

Most people said they normally see the monkeys either very early in the morning (around 7 or 8am) or at around 4pm. Khun Air, the area’s ranger, took us up the Wat stairs in search of the monkeys, but unfortunately we didn’t find any. When asked whether anything was being done to protect the monkey populations in the area, I was told that a 10,000B fine had recently been introduced for killing a monkey. 

- Nichar Gregory

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