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Sleeping malesFemale Tess with infant Truffle from Dam groupJuvenile female Brave resting on carMale Pirate grooming male Victorunknown 6View on hanging bridgeFemales from Dam group sleeting togetherunknown 13Sleeping adult males from Dam groupunknown 19unknown 18unknown 11Female Amy from Eco groupFemale Spikey with infant in Eco groupunknown 16Subadult female Merlin in Dam groupunknown 10unknown 7Infant from Eco on motorbikeunknown 15Female Pinduli from Eco groupFemale Ashoka from Dam groupunknown 5unknown 22unknown 3unknown 24unknown 8unknown 17Bonnet macaque infantsFemale Funny Nose with infant in Dam groupunknown 29Bonnet macaque infantJuvenile female BraveMale Howard from Dam groupunknown 1unknown 26Funny Nose with infant from Dam groupJuveniles sleepingunknown 9Infant BernieMale Frodo from Dam groupJuvenile from Eco groupMale Frodo showing threat expressionunknown 4unknown 25unknown 28Female Fanny grooming juvenileSubadult male Inounknown 2Female Kim with newborn infant KayaMale unknownInfant BernieFemale Bella from Dam groupFemales in Dam groupunknown 12Infantsunknown 23unknown 14unknown 21unknown 27Female Kim with infant Kaya and juvenileFemale Scarlet feeding on flowersMale Howard from Dam groupunknown 20

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.