Their populations aren't that dense! "Associate professor Hsu Chih-min of NSYSU biology department, who was a member of the macaque population survey team, says that based on her own observations in the Kaohsiung area, she does not think monkey populations have grown. For example, because of large-scale feeding by tourists, the dozen or so monkey troupes on Mt.
獼猴密度並不高，」獼猴族群調查成員之一的中山大學生物系副教授徐芝敏就自己在高雄地區的觀察，也不認為猴群增加。