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Activity’s
subject
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Interview
Uncle Sinnan Guo
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Place of
interview:
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Uncle
Guo’s Wild Macaque Park
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Time:
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3:00-4:00
p.m., Saturday, October 28th, 2006
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Attending
members:
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Sihen
Chen, Yiling Ke, Yawen Lin, Yinsyuan Liao, Yajhu Hu, Yijie Huang, Shuyuan
Jhang,
Weiling
Chen, Zihsing Huang, Teacher Huijhen Cai, Teacher Bijhu Li, Teacher
Peishan Jheng, and Shuyuan’s mom
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Content
of interview:
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Question:
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How come
there are so lots of macaque here?
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Answer:
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Well…in the beginning one group of the
monkeys lived here and settled down but later another group from Walking
Trail No.1 and No.3 immigrated here. We kept developing, so their
habitation was decreasing. Finally they have to stay here for safety
since there are no walking trails here. It is the conflict between people
and monkeys.
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Question:
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Do they
keep staying here without running away?
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Answer:
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Some monkeys originally stay here but some from
another walking trail. They already get used to staying here. They will
emigrate until the artificial interruption.
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Question:
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There is
only a low fence surrounding them. Why don’t they cross it?
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Answer:
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Because
we prohibit them from crossing the fence. If they jump down carelessly,
we will push them back so that they get used to staying there.
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Question:
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How
long can the monkey live?
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Answer:
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They can
live about 15-20 years.
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Question:
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When is
the adult age for them?
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Answer:
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Five or
six years old could be an adult, and the female monkey can produce every
year after that?
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Question:
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What do
they eat?
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Answer:
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Potatoes are the main food because they
produce throughout the year and they are easily bought. In addition, they
eat several kinds of fruit according to the four seasons. For example,
they eat oranges now in winter.
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Question:
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Are those
kinds of fruit expensive? Doesn’t it cost too much?
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Answer:
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We all
use the low-quality food. Some stores in Dakeng would sell us the unsold
food so that we could buy it with the lower prize. It doesn’t cost a lot.
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Question:
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Is the
monkey’s reproduction rate high? How many babies does a monkey produce in
a year?
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Answer:
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Not many.
A female monkey can only produce one baby in a year, and it can only
produce ten monkeys the most in its life from the adult.
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Question:
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How many
monkeys are there approximately?
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Answer:
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Lower
than one hundred monkeys in the Macaque Park. But there are two hundred
monkeys in Dakeng, including the walking trails.
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Question:
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Do the monkeys
stay these places that I saw? Anywhere else?
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Answer:
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Not
exactly. Because they are very active, so there are still other places,
not restricted to stay in the forest.
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Question:
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Will
other monkeys live here afterwards?
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Answer:
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Maybe
not. This place has occupied by three groups of the monkeys. No others
are dared to come here, or they will fight for the territory.
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Question:
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Eh, how
come do you know there are three groups of the monkey?
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Answer:
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Because there are three kings of the monkeys.
Each group has one king. It’s very easy to distinguish. The king of the
monkeys would be bigger and looks awe-inspiring.
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Question:
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What if
the food you supplied is not enough for these monkeys?
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Answer:
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At the
moment you only see few monkeys that means the others must go somewhere
in the mountains to look for the insects. There must be many insects in
the forest, so they won’t feel hungry.
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Question:
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Why we
just saw some monkeys throw the oranges away after taking a bite? Why?
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Answer:
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They
would choose the fine one. Just like us, we would throw the rotten
oranges away.
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Question:
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How big
is the baby monkey at birth? Shouldn’t it have only one centimeter?
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Answer:
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Not so
small. It has been trod to die for one centimeter, but it has only about
five centimeters though.
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Question:
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Do you
limit their activity areas?
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Answer:
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Their
activity areas cannot be restricted, but they would stay in the certain
ones. I am not restricted anyway.
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Question:
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Is the
monkey’s face the redder the fiercer? How about the redder bottom?
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Answer:
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Why do
you consider that the monkey’s personality is judged by its bottom? Of
course not. The younger monkey would be fiercer. The monkey’s bottom is
red because there is no fur on it. The blood vessels can be seen in its
naked areas. Usually, the vessels are light pink. When the female monkey
is in mating session, its vessels would spread and most blood flow here.
Hence, the vessels appear bright, glistering red and even swelling. This
is a kind of “announcement”; that is, to tell other adult male monkeys
she is ready to get pregnant and attract them to mate with her.
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Question:
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Among the
monkeys, how can be the king of the monkeys?
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Answer:
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By
“fighting.” It is the animal nature. The winner can be the king. The
other animals also do this way, not just monkeys.
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Question:
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Can you
distinguish them?
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Answer:
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Of
course. If I can’t, then I can’t manage them.
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Question:
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Why do
you let them use the mirrors?
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Answer:
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Well. It’s just let them know what the
mirror is and look themselves in the mirrors. You must be curious how
they understood. It’s very simple because they are as smart as the human.
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Question:
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Aren’t
you afraid they break the mirrors? It is not good that they get hurt by
cutting.
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Answer:
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In fact, the mirror is made of white steel.
There was one big mirror broken by the king of the monkeys. Because I
also felt uncomfortable when I saw one monkey have a flaw in its body, so
I use the mirrors which can’t be broken.
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