You see the citrus below? On Yakushima, they grow tankan, and they are delicious. This shed was about 3 meters from our bus stop on the island, and for 100 yen (about a buck), we could purchase a bag of fruit for the day's hike. However, the sneaky macaques (pictured above), have a penchant for stealing, peeling, and eating the tankan. One evening, we walked out to the road to see a furry monkey running across the asphalt with a plastic bag in his hand and a tankan in his mouth.
This is what the side of the road looked like after the assault, with bags and orange peels everywhere. They cleared the shed out, leaving only the grapefruit:
And here is a specimen photo of the culprit:
They're so smart!
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Boy, they really cleaned that little shop out. I wonder why they don't like grapefruit.
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