Assignment 3

Unusual baby murderer

Seremban: A 4 day old was killed Thursday at Taman Happy Garden by a macaque. The baby was sleeping in the hall when the macaque came and took it up to the roof and bite it several times before throwing the baby off the roof.(The Star, 7 October.)

Expert are still speculating on why were baby was attack by the macaque. Wildlife reproductive physiologist Dr Mohamad Ngah said that it might have been cause by other monkeys trying to overthrow the alpha male by killing its offspring and might have accidentally mistaken the baby as the alpha's off spring.(NST Online, 8 October) This was also mention by the State Wildlife and National Parks officer Zafifi Ramli saying that the macaque might be threaten by the "future alpha" thus killing it.(The Star, 8 October)

However the Negri Sembilan Wildlife and National Parks director Ishak Muhamad suspects that the macaque could have mistaken the baby as food. (The Star, 7 October)

The macaque was shoot dead at 4pm the same day but the parents insisted that the monkey shoot dead was not the want that murdered their baby. they said that the murderer is larger in size and is always in a pack unlike the dead macaque that was alone at the time caught and smaller in size.(The Star, 8 October)

The parents are now being offered a flat by MCA and both parents are seriously considering moving out of the house due to safety purposes. (NST Online, 8 October)

Expert says that the aggressive macaque might be a long-tailed macaque or a pid-tailed macaque. Both species are known for being aggressive. (The Star, 7 October)