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A large group of monkeys went on the rampage on Friday destroying Rs.five lakh worth pear fruits at Kothagiri, officials said.
About 80 monkeys suddenly appeared in a tea estate in a village, and started climbing on about 500 pear-trees and either threw or ate the fruits, much to the dismay and surprise of growers. "This is the first time I am witnessing the sudden attack of monkeys, that too in this large number," a farm labourer said.
Nobody knew from where the monkeys came and later disappeared, he said. According to an estimate a normal tree bore 250 to 300 kgs of pear, which fetched Rs.100 per kg, resulting in huge loss to the growers.
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