In response to : Message: 2 Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:16:38 +0400 From: "Blasio Fernandes" <blasio.fernan...@emirates.com> Subject: [Goanet] Request for words for monkey in Konknni
Hi Blasio, Mankod or Makod is one and the same as I stated before, the female monkey is also known as "Makode", the leader of the group is known as "Zungo" he is usually the meanest and the biggest monkey of the group, who dominates the group, especially the females. "Hetem" has a very close resemblance with makod, slightly darker in colour, slightly smaller than the normal "makod" in size, one major difference is "makod" does not feast on tender coconuts whereas "hetem" can devastate a coconut plantation in no time, I remember in the mid 80's, two "hetim" somehow landed in our village and a good number of coconut trees were completely devastate in just one hour or so, the people tried a lot of ways to chase them off, beating utensils, lighting fire crackers, flinging stones, dogs where brought in but they wouldn't go, A couple of my tree too got the treatment, the coconut trees were very tall so probably they thought they were safe, so unfortunately I had no option but to shoot them down.. The last time I had visited the Vidhan Sabha, it did look like a zoo, I had also seen two guys resembling a gorilla and an ape, from the look of them they looked to be family members from south Goa, then there was some one who reminded me of a baboon, who thinks his, is always "red" from the other side of Panjim, there was also the trickster chimp from Quepem, a couple of "hetim" from Canacona seemed to be ready to snatch food packets from the visitors, and ofcourse the "Zungo" from Margao kept a close look on all the visitors. If you visit the Vidhan Sabha in the near future please let me know if you come encounter any new species. Freddy Agnelo Fernandes -------------------------------------------------------- The content of this electronic communication is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed and any others who are specifically authorized to receive it. It may contain confidential or legally privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or otherwise placing reliance on the contents of this information is prohibited and may be unlawful in certain legal jurisdictions. If you have received this communication in error please notify the sender immediately by responding to this email and then delete it from your system. -------------------------------------------------------- ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________
