This is weird...NEW DELHI (Reuters) - They say it takes a thief to catch a thief, but India's Delhi Metro has hired a monkey to frighten off other monkeys from boarding trains and upsetting passengers.
The langur monkey, trained since the age of three months, has been patrolling monkey-prone stations on a leash.
In June, a monkey boarded a train at the underground Chawri Bazaar station and reportedly scared passengers by scowling at them for three stops. It then alighted at Civil Lines station.
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation says it hopes the new hire will avert a repeat of that episode.
"It started working about a month ago and since then we've not had a single incident," said Anuj Dayal, a metro spokesman.
The langur's keeper -- or langurwallah -- is being paid 6,900 rupees ($150) a month.
$150 a month? That's not bad for a monkey. Hey Green Lantern, I'll bet even you could do that job...and, it would be a $75 a month raise from what you make at the comic book store.
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