Unfortunately, I wasn't allowed to tag along on any open cases, and I always like to be on the scene in my books. And I thought, that's kind of a bizarre expertise, and I spoke to her and I kind of got interested in wildlife forensics. So I got interested in the forensics of animal trafficking, specifically a woman who published a guide for wildlife law enforcement on how to distinguish real versus fake tiger penis that is dried, which is sold medicinally. What happened was I was flailing around looking for a book topic, as happens every few years, and I got interested in the forensics of wildlife crime - not when the animals are the "criminals," but when the animals are the victims. On how her research into the illegal trade of dried tiger penises led to her new book "But anyway, I got mugged."įuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach or whether they were competing bandits," she says. "I don't know if they were a team, like 'I'll distract her and you grab the bananas,'. Then Roach saw a monkey pop its head up from behind a boulder, "kind of like the bandits waiting for the stagecoach." Just as that monkey stepped into her path, another monkey darted up behind her and snatched the bag of bananas. "I walked up this trail where I knew there were a lot of macaques, and I walked up holding a bag of bananas."Īt first, nothing happened. "I was kind of asking for it," Roach admits.
Science writer Mary Roach experienced this firsthand when a group of macaque monkeys accosted her in India. Vishal Bhatnagar/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesĪnimals living among us often ignore the rules we try to impose on them. One attorney told author Mary Roach about a macaque that infiltrated a medical institute and began pulling out patient IVs. Monkeys have been known to sneak into swimming pools, courts and even the halls of India's Parliament. Macaques check out a camera in Galtaji Temple in Jaipur, India.
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