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Overweight Monkeys In Osaka

May 6th, 2008 by James

About 50 Macaca mulatta monkeys at Ohama park in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture have been so overfed by tourists they are now massively overweight.

A local report in April said that about 30 per cent of the animals are so huge they struggle to get around their 420-square-meter enclosure.

See the full gallery of overweight monkey pictures here.



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18 Comments »

Comment by Chiablo
2008-05-06 15:38:32

Michael Moore visits Japan.

Comment by Neil Duckett
2008-05-06 19:22:52

Hahaha! brilliant!

 
 
Comment by onceuponatime
2008-05-06 16:08:10

oh, come on – that monkey is better looking than michael moore. but, seriously, it`s due feeding on people food because people think it`s cute to feed them. yeah, right up until they start snatching your omiyage right out of your hands.

 
Comment by Ryry
2008-05-06 16:44:21

Can’t the tourists actually see that the monkeys are fat enough already?

 
Comment by あのん
2008-05-07 01:49:39

That’s so sad.

 
Comment by Abe
2008-05-07 03:33:06

Are they eating Chinese food?

Comment by Asuka
2008-05-10 10:02:31

If Chinese food makes you fat, you’d see a lot more obese people in China than in the U.S.. I personally think the monkey was fed fast food from the West.

Comment by the overthinker
2008-05-10 11:57:20

Maybe you will when the Chinese are as rich as the Americans….

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Comment by VonSkippy
2008-05-07 04:41:22

Fat Monkey Meat – coming soon to a school cafeteria near you!

 
Comment by mike
2008-05-07 05:36:50

wow, that’s a very fat monkey. i find the picture really disturbing.

 
Comment by morningstar
2008-05-07 09:37:32

The Monkeys need a excercise time. also no monkey around.

 
Comment by Turner Wright
2008-05-08 13:10:52

How did these American monkeys make it to Japan?

 
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