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Infant from Eco on motorbikeunknown 2Female Amy from Eco groupunknown 16Female Spikey with infant in Eco groupunknown 18unknown 23unknown 7Juvenile female Brave resting on carunknown 11unknown 13unknown 1unknown 28Sleeping adult males from Dam groupunknown 9Funny Nose with infant from Dam groupunknown 3Juvenile female BraveBonnet macaque infantInfant BernieSubadult female Merlin in Dam groupunknown 27Female Kim with infant Kaya and juvenileMale Howard from Dam groupSubadult male InoMale Frodo showing threat expressionunknown 10unknown 12unknown 14Male Frodo from Dam groupunknown 17Bonnet macaque infantsunknown 25unknown 15Female Ashoka from Dam groupunknown 29unknown 21Females in Dam groupFemale Scarlet feeding on flowersFemale Kim with newborn infant KayaView on hanging bridgeFemale Funny Nose with infant in Dam groupFemale Tess with infant Truffle from Dam groupunknown 8Male Pirate grooming male VictorFemale Bella from Dam groupunknown 24Female Fanny grooming juvenileMale unknownInfant Bernieunknown 6Juveniles sleepingInfantsFemales from Dam group sleeting togetherunknown 22Male Howard from Dam groupunknown 26Sleeping malesunknown 19unknown 5unknown 20Juvenile from Eco groupFemale Pinduli from Eco groupunknown 4

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.