What is happening in the Japanese archipelago? Macaques and a dolphin are making headlines in Japan. The latest news is that a leader of the macaque gang has been captured and killed while a “biting dolphin” attacks bathers in the center of the country!
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Lately in Yamaguchi, both children and adults have been attacked, scratched or bitten. In total, fifty people have been injured by wandering macaques in recent weeks.
Following these attacks, the local authorities took action and announced that they had captured and killed the leader of a gang of troublemaking monkeys.
The animal, a male aged about 4 years and 50 cm tall, was captured using a tranquilizer dart by a specialized shooter while wandering in the courtyard of a school.
He was killed after being identified as the perpetrator of one of the attacks, an official from the local agriculture office told AFP.
His death, however, does not guarantee the end of the problem, as several aggressive monkeys are still running around. “Witnesses describe monkeys of different sizes. Even after this capture, new attacks were reported to us,” the official explained.
Residents of Yamaguchi told local media that they no longer go out without carrying umbrellas and shears to protect themselves in the event of an attack.
In search of the “biting dolphin”
Between land and sea, panic is still present in Japan. This time it was a dolphin that made the headlines. Indeed, swimmers frequenting a beach in Fukui prefecture have been warned of a “biting dolphin”.
The authorities have thus installed a device emitting ultrasound to repel him and warn of “serious potential injuries.”
“Dolphins tend to be considered cute, but if you approach them carelessly they can bite and hurt you,” Fukui police warned on Twitter.