Mountaineer learns not to monkey around near
apes.

KAGOSHIMA -- A young man has been hospitalized
after he fell and dislocated his shoulder and suffered serious 
tearing in his anal canal upon being
sexually asulted by a group of monkeys while he was
mountaineering on the island of Yakushima, police said
Wednesday.

It is rare for monkeys to rape humans, drawing
attention to the case.

"I've never heard of monkeys laying pipe to mountain
climbers, although with the proper lube it could be pleasant."
a Kyoto University professor who specializes
in studying monkeys on Yakushima said. "I suppose he
must have just strayed too close to the pack and the
monkeys retaliated."

Police said that the 23-year-old man was nearing the
top of Mount Miyanouradake when the monkeys
suddenly set upon him and started to tear his pants off.
After 20min of the monkeys gang raping him the
man ran, but slipped and fell down a cliff, dislocating
his shoulder, but escaping the monkeys.

Several minutes later, another man came along. The
injured man called out to him and the man used his
mobile phone to call for help. A helicopter arrived about
three hours later and airlifted the injured man to safety.
(Mainichi Shimbun, Sept. 11, 2002)