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system has been system has been used for capturing used for capturing monkeys in the monkeys in the jungles of Africa. jungles of Africa. The goal is to take The goal is to take the monkeys alive the monkeys alive and unharmed for and unharmed for shipment to zoos of shipment to zoos of America. America.

Monkey's TrapMonkey's Trap • In an extremely humane In an extremely humane

way, the captors use way, the captors use heavy bottles, with long heavy bottles, with long narrow necks, into which narrow necks, into which they deposit a handful of they deposit a handful of sweet-smelling nuts. The sweet-smelling nuts. The bottles are dropped on bottles are dropped on the jungle floor, and the the jungle floor, and the captors return the next captors return the next morning to find a morning to find a monkey trapped next to monkey trapped next to each bottle. each bottle.

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• How is it How is it accomplished? The accomplished? The monkey, attracted by monkey, attracted by the aromatic scent of the aromatic scent of the nuts, comes to the nuts, comes to investigate the bottle, investigate the bottle, the nuts, and is the nuts, and is trapped. trapped.

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• The monkey can't The monkey can't take its hand out of take its hand out of the bottle as long it's the bottle as long it's holding the nuts, but holding the nuts, but it is unwilling to open it is unwilling to open its hand and let them its hand and let them go. The bottle is too go. The bottle is too heavy to carry away, heavy to carry away, so the monkey is so the monkey is trapped. trapped.

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foolish monkeys, but how foolish monkeys, but how often we hold to our often we hold to our problems so tenaciously problems so tenaciously as the monkeys hold to as the monkeys hold to the nuts in the bottle. the nuts in the bottle. And so, figuratively we And so, figuratively we carry our bottle around carry our bottle around with us, feeling very with us, feeling very sorry for ourselves, and sorry for ourselves, and begging for sympathy begging for sympathy from others, even from from others, even from God. God.