As the hill station of Matheran opened to tourism last week, tourists and picnickers said that the monkeys in the eco-sensitive section had become more aggressive, snatching whatever food was available from them, even entering cars for it. This was also observed in the Thai city of Lobpuri, which has been over-run by monkeys post the lock down, due to the absence of tourists for a long time.

"A few monkeys attacked us and one of them jumped inside the car through the window in search of food," said 27-year-old tourist Akhil Shah.