Cunning macaque breaks into office to steal tea egg snacks
Cunning macaque breaks into office to steal tea egg snacks
2025-07-22
A cunning monkey burglar was caught red-handed stealing tea eggs from an office at Wuling Farm, leaving workers speechless. The sneaky Formosan rock macaque let himself into the office through the window to steal a tasty snack left unattended. He quickly grabbed and dashed out once again to eat his fill. Before leaving, however, he tried to cover his tracks by closing the window screen once again to leave the scene of the crime as it was before his theft.
A chubby macaque sits loftily outside the window, peeling a tea egg he just stole from inside the building. As if that weren’t sneaky enough, once he was done with his feast, he shut the window screen behind him and fled the scene.
Member of public
He’s so clever. He wiped his mouth after eating and even shut the window.
Member of public
Formosan rock macaques are quite wild in that sense. You can see them on Yangmingshan, chasing after tourists or people on scooters to get food.
Member of public
He’s afraid that we catch him eating the food.
The macaque tried to cover his tracks after burgling the administrative office of Wuling Farm on Monday morning. He waited for the owner of the food to leave before letting himself inside to steal the tea eggs, quickly leaping back to the windowsill. He was cool throughout, to not get found out, and returned the crime scene to its original state by closing the mesh window after he was done.
Peng Jen-lung
Taipei Zoo
They don’t understand the concept of crime, so let’s not project human standards onto wild animals. This incident reminds us that if you live in close proximity to wild monkeys, you should find ways to live in peace together.
Though Wuling Farm has a team dedicated to keeping monkeys at bay, it is not infallible, and sometimes macaques do approach to try their luck at finding a snack. If you live in mountainous areas, the best way to prevent a break-in is by keeping all food inside boxes or in the fridge, so that their smell doesn’t lure in monkey thieves.
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猴子向人討食物、甚至侵入民宅時有所聞，但您有看過"偷吃會滅證"的猴子嗎? 昨天上午武陵農場行政中心員工發現放在桌上的茶葉蛋不見了，調監視器才發現，居然是一隻台灣獼猴悄悄潛入迅速拿走。更令人驚訝的是，這隻猴子吃完後竟還貼心地關上紗窗，超擬人化的舉動讓員工驚呼：這猴子根本進化了！
一肥嘟嘟的台灣獼猴，鬼鬼祟祟蹲在窗戶邊剝茶葉蛋殼，原來牠正在享用剛才打開窗戶偷來的茶葉蛋。更妙的是，這隻台灣獼猴偷吃後，還記得順手關上紗窗。
[[民眾]]
“覺得牠很聰明，吃完趕快擦嘴巴關窗戶”
[[民眾]]
“台灣獼猴本身就是會有這方面的野性，你也很常可以在陽明山看到，台灣獼猴去抓遊客或者是騎車上山那些人的食物”
[[民眾]]
“(獼猴)怕我們發現牠偷吃東西”
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[[台北市立動物園台灣區長 彭仁隆]]
“牠們並不理解，牠們並不覺得這是一種犯罪的行為，所以也不需要把野生動物的行為過度的擬人化。倒是這件事情讓我們應該要警惕一下，所有我們這些跟猴子接近的社區或人民，應該怎麼樣在日常生活，建立跟猴群共同和平相處的方式”
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