NAKHON SRI THAMMARAT: A coconut collector in Nop Phitam District was killed after his favourite monkey dropped a coconut onto his head on February 25.Leurit Chanchum, forty eight, from Village 4 Tambon Krung Ching, was employed by a neighbor to collect coconuts using his educated macaque. When the monkey was up the tree, it threw down some coconuts to its proprietor. One of the heavy nuts hit Mr Leurit square on the pinnacle, knocking him unconscious.A neighbor took him to Tha Sala Hospital, but he by no means regained consciousness and later died from his harm. Mr Leurit’s brother-in-law, 54-year-old Charoon Kaowmee, said the monkey that threw the deadly coconut is a male named Nong Khwan. Mr Leurit and his youthful brother purchased the monkey in Koh Samui for 6,500 baht. Nong Khwan, a graduate in coconut accumulating from the highly esteemed Monkey College (Withayalai Ling) in Surat Thani, could be very intelligent and an professional at accumulating coconuts and fruit. He solely allowed Mr Leurit and his brother to come back close to him, Mr Charoon defined.“Mr Leurit took the monkey coconut amassing every day. Cheap may collect as many as 300 a day and was paid two baht per nut from the tree homeowners. Before the incident, Mr Leurit took Nong Khwan to a house in tambon Krung Ching Village 2 to gather coconuts. “The monkey dutifully ascended the primary tree and received all the coconuts with none problem, but after coming again down he refused to go up the following tree. Mr Leurit had to severely beat the primate before it would go up the tree. When it did lastly climb the tree, it was clearly in a foul temper. Instead of twisting or biting off the coconuts one after the other, he began to kick then off suddenly – till one fell on Mr Leurit’s head,” Mr Charoon stated.After the incident, no one dared go close to the monkey. Mr Leurit’s brother ultimately got here to take him house, he added.However, another report stated that following the incident the monkey appeared sorrowful and refused to go away the aspect of his proprietor until he was taken to hospital. Mr Charoon said that regardless of the incident the