Monkeys are hunted in India's tropical forests in a unique way.
A hole is made in a tree, just big enough for a monkey's hand to fit through, and inside the hole, a slightly larger bottle-shaped space is carved. In this space, nuts that monkeys like are placed. Hard nuts are particularly good for this. To attract the monkeys, bananas and their favorite fruit, grapefruits, are also added.
With everything prepared, all that's left is to wait.
Finally, a monkey catches the scent.
It looks around, wandering cautiously, and then quickly puts its hand into the hole drawn by the smell of grapefruit. The monkey grabs a piece of banana and grapefruit and pulls its hand out of the hole. Quickly, it brings the food to its mouth. Then, it reaches even deeper into the hole, feeling around until it grabs a walnut.
But when it tries to pull its hand out with the walnut, it gets stuck. The more it pulls, the more its hand gets scratched, and it still won’t come out. The monkey starts to panic and gets scared. It struggles and cries out.
By instinct, the monkey refuses to let go of what it has in its hand. The same goes for its hand inside the hole.
Holding tightly to the walnut, its hand remains stuck. The hunter then calmly walks over, places a bag over the monkey, and finishes the hunt.
On a bigger scale, this is similar to how we act globally, whether it's addressing climate change passively, companies resisting innovation, or us forcing ourselves to stick with jobs we dislike. We often hold onto things and refuse to let go, just like the monkey.
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