They’re taking care of monkey business.

An estimated 2,500 wild monkeys ahttps://www.tiktok.com/@skynews/video/7372583483874610465re terrorizing a popular tourist town in central Thailand — and authorities are relying on some inside-the-box thinking to tackle their pesky primate problem.

Officials in Lopburi started using the macaques’ favorite food — the tropical fruit rambutan — to reel the brazen simians into cages on Friday.

“With the monkey’s intelligence, if some of them go into the cage and are caught, the others outside won’t enter the cage to get the food because they’ve already learned what’s happened to their friends,” said Patarapol Maneeorn of country’s Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation.

Over the past decade, there have been multiple conflicts with monkeys, who try to snatch food from people in Lopburi, which is 90 miles north of Bangkok.

Videos have circulated online showing the macaques grabbing food from innocent bystanders, causing them injuries. In March alone, hungry monkeys caused a woman to dislocate her knee and a man to be knocked off his motorcycle.

Local businesses are also suffering from the monkey invasion.

“When there are a lot of monkeys around, customers are afraid of buying the goods at the shop. Only our regulars aren’t frightened,” shop owner Supaporn Tantiwong said.

Although the mischievous monkeys attracted tourists to Lopburi, it is now an “abandoned town,” Mayor Chamroen Salacheep said.

“After our operation is over, I will do a big cleaning across the town and paint all the buildings to regain the faith of the people,” he vowed.

After the macaques are captured, they will be examined, cleaned and inked with tattoos for future identification before being placed in massive enclosures.

The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation will collaborate with wildlife experts to form a plan to have some of the monkeys roam freely around the city.

With Post wires