Blind man's chicken, with its variants, has been played all over the planet throughout the centuries. A recent study documented that, around the Pura Pulaki temple in Bali, macaques have the habit of using pieces of empty coconuts to cover their eyes while playing.

Seeing an individual walk around clumsily with half a coconut covering his face is very strange and curious, both for us and for the macaques. These types of self-limiting actions during social play occur in many animals.