Long Tailed Monkey Around Us

Kumparan, a collaborative media platform as a forum for sharing information covers several facts that occur in the presence of long-tailed monkeys or Macaca fascicularis around us. Like the phenomenon of the decline of a number of long-tailed monkeys from their natural habitat on Mount Merapi due to the eruption. According to the lecturer at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Bogor Agricultural University, Dr. Drh. RP Agus Lelasa, SpMP, MSi .; the behavior of monkeys descending from Mount Merapi after the eruption is their natural response to the environment. Baca selengkapnya…

Selain itu, Kumparan juga mengungkap keluarnya surat edaran tentang pelarangan pertunjukan topeng monyet di seluruh provinsi Jawa Timur karena resiko penularan penyakit zoonosis yang dapat terjadi karena pertunjukkan topeng monyet. Menurut Dr. Drh. Diah Iskandriati, peneliti senior dan biosafety officer di Pusat Studi Satwa Primata IPB, terdapat beberapa penyakit yang berpotensi besar menular dari monyet pada pertunjukkan topeng monyet ke manusia. Apa saja penyakit yang dimaksud? Baca selengkapnya…