Crying monkey at Yishun Park, what could be the reason?

In a photo of the Singapore Wildlife Sightings Facebook group, a netizen by the name of Daniel Neo shared the moment he captured a Macaque tearing up.

On Sunday (May 22), Mr Neo was jogging at Simpang Kiri PCN when he came across a long-tailed macaque. Mr Neo shared, that the monkey let its legs hang off the railing as it looked upwards rather sadly. The streak from the tear could also be seen clearly.

The images he captured showed the monkey sitting on a railing while hugging its knees. It also appeared to have a tear running down its eye, giving it the appearance of crying.

Netizens got rather creative with the comments. Here’s what they said:

A netizen even asked Mr Neo if he checked why the monkey cried. To this, he replied he had no idea.

Last week, set to a background of rather dramatic foreground music, @khaijer posted a 30-second video of an unmoving croc in a concrete canal at Choa Chu Kang on Monday (May 16).

Estuarine crocodiles, sometimes referred to as salties as they live in saltwater, are found in the wild in Singapore, although once in a blue moon they make it to places inhabited by humans. Our crocs can grow up to 5 meters long and have long snouts, as well as broad, muscular and ridged tails.

In @khaijer’s TikTok, the salty is lying very still. This could be due to a few reasons. Crocodiles are ambush predators, and so they stay calm and wait for fish or other animals to come by, before attacking quickly.

Crocodile sunbathing, takes over Choa Chu Kang canal, YOU shall not pass!

Another reason is that they’re cold-blooded creatures, and need an external source of energy to get warmth, which is what the croc at the Choa Chu Kang canal may have been doing. /TISG