A PIG-TAILED macaque yanked at a coconut on a piece of string until it fell to the floor, a small victory for the simian student at a Malaysian school that trains monkeys to harvest fruit for farmers.

KULIM (Malaysia) — A man, who broke into a house in the Malaysian state of Kedah, was caught by villagers and tied to a coconut tree before being handed over to the police.

Elderly man climbs coconut tree to escape nagging wife Matt Payton. ... This 76-year-old Malaysian gent was apparently pestered out of the living room so that his 70-year-old wife could clean.

PUTRAJAYA - Despite being globally recognised as a skilled profession, tree climbing and arboriculture remain relatively unknown in Malaysia. Malaysian Society of Arborist (PArM) vice president ...