languish

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In urban settings like Singapore, the researchers suggested focusing on medium-sized species such as langurs, pangolins, hornbills and butterflies, which can adapt to urbanised landscapes with proper conservation support.

From Science Daily • Jan. 29, 2024

Local hotels began asking for photos of the langurs that they could display in their lobbies.

From National Geographic • Dec. 20, 2023

Security is being provided by anti-drone systems, cutouts of langurs to scare away monkeys and 130,000 police and para-military personnel.

From Reuters • Sep. 4, 2023

Parliament authorities had earlier used real langurs for the same but the practice had to be stopped after animal rights activists opposed it saying that holding monkeys captive amounted to cruelty.

From BBC • Aug. 30, 2023

Some of the langurs were carrying babies which clung to their mothers between the fore legs and did not seem to impede them in the slightest on their leaps through the tree tops.

From Camps and Trails in China A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in Little-Known China by Andrews, Roy Chapman