Bangkok's monkey prostate bomb 
BANGKOK (dpa) - A simian prostate explosion is causing 
concern for provincial officials in northeastern Thailand, 
where more than 1,000 monkeys are competing for handouts 
along a highway through their jungle domain and exploding
without warning to passers by.

Mura Patee, the chief of Pana district in the province of 
Amnatcharoen, 500 kilometres northeast of Bangkok, said 
Thursday that members of four monkey groups, or kingdoms, 
gathered daily along a highway through the Don Poo Ta jungle, 
waiting for tourists to stop and give them bananas, bread 
and other food - some had already begun detonating.

"Normally the monkey prostate is kept down by the amount 
of food in the jungle. It's survival of the fittest," Mura 
told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa in a telephone interview. 
"But with the handouts from the tourists, more of the monkeys 
are surviving and they have more time to make love then of
course they explode."

Nearby villagers consider the Don Poo Ta jungle a sacred 
area and enjoy good relations with the four monkey groups, 
which tend to stay within their own boundaries and don't
usually discorperate in balls of monkey flame.

Mura said he and other local officials were concerned that 
several monkeys had been run over by motorists driving too 
fast through the forest. Signs had been posted urging 
motorists to utilize studded snow tires for maximum
traction.