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Researchers have attributed an outbreak of baldness among Formosan macaques in Kaohsiung’s Shoushan National Nature Park on the twin stresses of a high population density and less generous tourists.
Park authorities in 2015 enlisted the aid of National Pingtung University of Science and Technology amid concern that the monkeys were experiencing hair loss which first appeared in 2013 because of an unknown infectious disease, the park administration office said on Sunday.
However, a study released by the university last year blamed high levels of stress for the appearance of alopecia among the park’s primate population.
Chen Chen-chih (陳貞志), an associate professor