Word for the day — synanthrope. Wikipedia defines a synanthrope as a member of a species of wild animal or plant that lives near, and benefits from, an association with human beings and the somewhat artificial habitats that people create around themselves. Thus is the case with long-tailed macaques, also known as crab-eating macaques. In many areas of southeast Asia, where there is human population, there are long-tailed macaques. Although, I question the part of the definition “benefits from.” True, these monkeys scavenge human garbage, which isn’t necessarily beneficial to the health of the species, but they are also a common monkey in human health experiments due to their genetic commonalities with us. I photographed this one outside a temple in Thailand. Nikon D500 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 800, f/4 at 1/1600th of a second.