Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Gibraltar's most famous resident.

It's the Barbary Macaque! During WWII, there was a hue and cry when the population of the macaque was reduced to only 7 individuals! Winston Churchill, ordered that more macaques be brought in from Africa IMMEDIATELY. You know why? Legend has it that if the barbary macaques disappear from the island, Gibraltar will no longer remain a British Territory and Spain will rightfully take over. Because as you can see below, Gibraltar is rightfully a Spanish region but the British came along and never left. So if the macaques go, so will the British! ha!
Well a trip to Gibraltar shouldn't be on your priority list. If you're not interested in seeing the replenished number of monkeys and buying cheap cigarettes and booze, you could give this a pass!

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