Sonu Mehta/Hindustan Times, via Associated Press

To thwart attacks by militant humans or hungry animals, India has deployed 100,000 security guards and 38 monkeys to secure venues in New Delhi ahead of the start of the Commonwealth Games this weekend.

The human part of the force includes sniper units and soldiers manning mobile surface-to-air missiles and anti-aircraft guns in the Indian capital, Reuters reports.

On Wednesday, India’s NDTV showed members of a crack squad of trained Hanuman langurs — fierce, black-faced monkeys named for a Hindu deity — who have already taken up positions around two stadiums in the city, charged with defending athletes and spectators from attacks by smaller, wild monkeys.

As Reuters reports, “Monkeys are a menace in some parts of the Indian capital, especially east Delhi, and one such attack in 2007 led to the death of the then deputy mayor S.S. Bajwa who fell from a terrace and eventually succumbed to injuries.”

Despite the laid-back sound of their name, the grey langurs have a reputation for ferocity and just one is considered enough to scare off an entire pack of wild monkeys.

Eric Randolph, a correspondent for The National, an Abu Dhabi newspaper, explained on Wednesday that only part of the new force are temps. “10 additional langurs,” he wrote, “have been added to New Delhi Municipal Council’s regular staff of 28.” He added: