Cambodia — Wild monkeys egged on by YouTubers have been rampaging at Cambodia's famed Angkor Wat complex, attacking tourists, wrecking temple stonework, and damaging information boards, officials said Wednesday. The macaques are native to the lush forests that surround Angkor Wat, but the Apsara National Authority said human interaction — particularly by people filming content to post online — had changed their behavior. A small number of YouTubers regularly fed monkeys to create videos, and this has changed the monkeys' natural behavior from being wild animals to domestic ones that are aggressive, steal foods, and cause injuries among people, it said in a statement. Long Kosal, a spokesman for the Apsara National Authority, told Agence France-Presse that, in addition to the dancer posed to tourists, the agency was increasingly worried about the monkeys damaging the centuries-old stonework. on top of biting visitors, they have been climbing up and pushing stones down, damaging temples, he said, adding that the macaques had also damaged information boards.

Cambodia — Wild monkeys egged on by YouTubers have been rampaging at Cambodia's famed Angkor Wat complex, attacking tourists, wrecking temple stonework, and damaging information boards, officials said Wednesday. The macaques are native to the lush forests that surround Angkor Wat, but the Apsara National Authority said human interaction — particularly by people filming content to post online — had changed their behavior. A small number of YouTubers regularly fed monkeys to create videos, and this has changed the monkeys' natural behavior from being wild animals to domestic ones that are aggressive, steal foods, and cause injuries among people, it said in a statement. Long Kosal, a spokesman for the Apsara National Authority, told Agence France-Presse that, in addition to the dancer posed to tourists, the agency was increasingly worried about the monkeys damaging the centuries-old stonework. on top of biting visitors, they have been climbing up and pushing stones down, damaging temples, he said, adding that the macaques had also damaged information boards.