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View on hanging bridgeFemale Funny Nose with infant in Dam groupSleeping malesunknown 27unknown 8Female Tess with infant Truffle from Dam groupunknown 6Females from Dam group sleeting togetherFunny Nose with infant from Dam groupunknown 3unknown 1Female Kim with newborn infant Kayaunknown 7Bonnet macaque infantunknown 4unknown 14Female Bella from Dam groupunknown 2Female Fanny grooming juvenileFemale Pinduli from Eco groupunknown 20Females in Dam groupunknown 28Infant Bernieunknown 23unknown 24unknown 10Juvenile female Brave resting on carMale unknownunknown 15Female Spikey with infant in Eco groupSubadult male Inounknown 13Female Scarlet feeding on flowersunknown 11unknown 16Subadult female Merlin in Dam groupMale Pirate grooming male Victorunknown 12Sleeping adult males from Dam groupunknown 29Female Kim with infant Kaya and juvenileFemale Amy from Eco groupInfant from Eco on motorbikeunknown 19unknown 22unknown 17unknown 26Male Howard from Dam groupBonnet macaque infantsMale Frodo from Dam groupMale Frodo showing threat expressionunknown 21unknown 18unknown 9Female Ashoka from Dam groupInfantsunknown 5unknown 25Juvenile female BraveMale Howard from Dam groupInfant BernieJuvenile from Eco groupJuveniles sleeping

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.