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Infant BernieInfant from Eco on motorbikeFemale Tess with infant Truffle from Dam groupSleeping malesunknown 8unknown 4unknown 9unknown 12Infant Bernieunknown 1unknown 16unknown 29Females from Dam group sleeting togetherSubadult male Inounknown 27unknown 2unknown 20unknown 7unknown 24unknown 14Male Howard from Dam groupunknown 21Male Frodo showing threat expressionFemale Bella from Dam groupFemale Funny Nose with infant in Dam groupMale Frodo from Dam groupunknown 17unknown 11unknown 28Funny Nose with infant from Dam groupunknown 23Female Pinduli from Eco groupunknown 13Female Kim with newborn infant KayaInfantsBonnet macaque infantsunknown 15unknown 25View on hanging bridgeunknown 22Juvenile female BraveFemale Amy from Eco groupFemale Ashoka from Dam groupunknown 26Sleeping adult males from Dam groupMale Pirate grooming male VictorSubadult female Merlin in Dam groupFemale Spikey with infant in Eco groupFemale Kim with infant Kaya and juvenileJuveniles sleepingFemale Fanny grooming juvenileunknown 6unknown 10Male Howard from Dam groupunknown 3unknown 18Females in Dam groupMale unknownJuvenile from Eco groupunknown 5Female Scarlet feeding on flowersBonnet macaque infantJuvenile female Brave resting on carunknown 19

The Thenmala Macaque Project is situated around the Thenmala Dam, in the state of Kerala, India. 

This location is considered an eco-tourism site and consists of three small villages, a number of eateries, and small shops. The field site also encompasses two offices – the District Forest Department and the Eco Tourism office. 

A demographic survey carried out by the team in 2022 revealed the presence of approximately 10 bonnet macaque troops that reside in and around the field site. However, by 2023, this number has gone down to approximately 7 troops. This decline in numbers can be attributed mainly to the human-macaque conflict in the area as well as risks such as electrocution and accidents that are a result of existing in an anthropogenic landscape.

In addition to collecting behavioural data, the team also conducts workshops for the local communities in order to raise awareness about the conservation risks to the endemic bonnet macaque.