Another extraordinary spectacle was seen in 1971, after the monkey rock was completed and ten new monkeys introduced. For three days they battled with the eight original inhabitants, until a new monkey king, injured and exhausted, climbed victorious to the highest point.
民國六十年，為了研究台灣獼猴，圓山動物園建立了猴島，十隻新猴子一進新家，與園中的八隻「元老」大戰三天，新猴王傷痕纍纍地登上猴島最高處，讓當時人們大開眼界。