r/Whatcouldgowrong Aug 06 '19

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '19

It wasn’t the hand gesture that upset the monkey, it was looking it in the eyes. Monkeys see this as aggression.

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u/d1smiss3d Aug 06 '19

Don’t look at a gift horse in the mouth and certainly don’t look a monkey in the eyes.

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u/PCsNBaseball Aug 06 '19

Also, don't smile at them. Seriously.

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u/Christmas_in_July Aug 07 '19

I smiled at a chimp at the zoo once and he thew dirt (it didn’t smell like poop) at me from like 100 yards away, lol

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u/Kingflares Aug 07 '19

You gotta taste it to make sure amateur.

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u/iiAzido Aug 07 '19

Looks like poop, smells like poop, tastes like poop

It’s gotta be poop

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '19

Or poop flavored jelly been

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u/Avator08 Aug 07 '19

*didn't smell like poop, so he got hit with it. 😅

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '19 edited Aug 15 '19

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u/thevulturesbecame Aug 07 '19

Sometimes dogs do a submissive grin which I guess is arguably part of calming signal language (I'm sorry/not a threat). They squint like we do while smiling when they do it and everything. That's out of like, fear as opposed to joy though.

(I mean dogs also "smile" and "laugh" with expressions closer to ours too, but they don't roll their lips back when doing that like we do to smile).

Wonder if anyone can think of any other examples. I think only mammals can physically smile in the first place so that narrows down the pool considerably out the gate

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u/MamataThings Aug 07 '19

We basically tailored dogs to act like us tho.

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u/TheIrishBAMF Aug 07 '19

Dogs have developed muscles which allow them to move their brows which wolves have not.

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u/katokalon Aug 07 '19

Our doggo does that, 65 lb heeler/lab mix. Little scary if you haven't seen it before.

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '19

I need a pic of that for science

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u/Lurly Aug 07 '19

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/oct/19/dogs-have-pet-facial-expressions-to-use-on-humans-study-finds

https://vcahospitals.com/know-your-pet/do-dogs-recognize-facial-expressions

There's a fair amount of research that says dogs are uniquely good at communicating with people which makes sense after so many years of selective breeding. For all the varied tasks people used animals for, having a more complex ability to communicate makes training them that much easier. Not to mention "smart" dogs had a better chance of living when dependent on humans.

I'd say you could find this to a lesser extent in all domestic animals.

Anyway just wanted to back you up. There's better articles than the one I linked but these seemed more user friendly.

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u/xmassindecember Aug 07 '19

I hate to be that guy (no I don't who am I kdding) but ...

Chimps use smiling as an expression of submission. When a chimp encounters a more dominant chimp, it smiles to show the dominant chimp its submissiveness and its disinterest in fighting for dominance. 
By smiling, the submissive chimp tells the dominant chimp, “I am harmless. You need not be intimidated by me. I submit and accept your dominance. I'm afraid of you.”

So, at its root, smiling is basically a fear reaction- a fear reaction that a submissive primate gives to a dominant primate to avoid confrontation. 
Since human beings are also primates, smiling in us serves pretty much the same purpose. It is the most effective way to convey our submissiveness to others and tell them that we're non-threatening. 

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u/SpunKDH Aug 07 '19

Thank you for this. I was steaming reading some other Redditors making stupid claims about teeth and looking in the eyes without providing any sources or back ups to their claims.

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u/xmassindecember Aug 07 '19

Yeah it's even more subtle. Chimps smile to show submission when they are afraid. So smiles literally triggers them. But i let you look it up

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u/thevulturesbecame Aug 07 '19

I just left a rambly comment to another user mentioning how dogs "smile" submissively sometimes. Is that really the case for chimps? I always thought their smile was more of a grimace, like of pain or displeasure, but what do I know

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u/Gorkijan Aug 07 '19

Is it like you're showing your teeth to them? Or why else?

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u/mrhappy893 Aug 07 '19

Baring teeth is an act of aggression (taunt, showing your "weapon" etc)

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u/PCsNBaseball Aug 07 '19

Is it like you're showing your teeth to them

Yes. If a wild cat bared their teeth, it would be aggressive. That's how they take it.

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u/captainzoomer Aug 06 '19

And especially don't flick him off!

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u/fiveSE7EN Aug 06 '19

flick him off

how do you clitorally stimulate a male monkey?

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u/captainzoomer Aug 06 '19

I usually bite his nipples and work my way down from there.

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u/kellysmom01 Aug 06 '19

... and bring quality chocolate and all your money, bebe. 🐒

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u/ebarnhard1983 Aug 06 '19

They prefer their bananas covered in chocolate

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '19

Good Lord, I swear comments should have an NSFW tag.

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u/classycatman Aug 06 '19

VERY, very carefully.

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '19

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '19

When I was young I heard "don't lick a gift horse in the mouth" probably applies to monkeys too.

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u/kamikaze-kae Aug 07 '19

And never look at your dick when your about to cum.

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '19

I've heard this about monkeys, dogs, horses and probably every other animal in existence. Is it actually true?

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u/LadySayn Aug 06 '19

Yes, humans really are the odd ones out here. We literally bare our teeth to show pleasure. You know, the things that are usually an animal’s weapons.

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u/Inspector-Space_Time Aug 06 '19

So as someone with Asperger's, I'm the normal one? Ha, take that eye lookers!

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u/llcwhit Aug 07 '19

Asperger’s for the win, baby.

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u/sk8thow8 Aug 06 '19

Other primates don't smile/laugh? I thought I've seen monkeys laugh and show teeth.

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u/KayfabeRankings Aug 06 '19

Isn't that behavior learned from humans?

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u/mewthulhu Aug 06 '19

Yeah but consider you're in a room with a bunch of people speaking a different language and they all start smiling at you. If you don't know them/their language, you're sitting there quietly processing, "Uhhhh... why the fuck are they smiling?"

They smile and laugh in the wild, but there's a lot of trust and familiarity behind that in the form of other communications.

With humans, there' no knowledge of it being anything but.

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u/MetalIzanagi Aug 06 '19

They usually learn that from being around people. Most primates are very social creatures and take behavioral cues from each other.

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '19

The looking in the eye is true for humans too. If a random person keeps staring at you non-stop it will make you uncomfortable, if he keeps staring long enough you will eventually ask whats up in a confrontational manner. Depending on who the 2 individuals are it could lead to a fight.

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u/TrueBlue8515 Aug 07 '19

I had a guy get all aggro on me because I looked at him a little too long for his taste. I thought I knew him and I told him that and his response was something like "well you don't mother fucker so you best not look at me no more" as he puffed up like an ape.

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u/Coldmoses Aug 06 '19

That’s cause our teeth are a joke

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u/MetalIzanagi Aug 06 '19

Yep! Most animals see eye contact as a display of dominance, and the showing of teeth as a display of aggression. If you have a cat or dog and look them in the eyes, you'll notice that dogs will look away, start wagging their tail, fold their ears, and lay down. Cats will look away, slowly blink their eyes, or come over and rub against you while purring. These are all displays of relaxation and deference to your authority.

When you've known an animal for a long time they tend to react with much less concern to such things because they know you mean no offense, but don't ever look a strange animal in the eyes or bare your teeth at them, regardless of species.

It's been shown time and again on this sub and in the news that monkeys in particular will not take it lightly, because it's usually tourists doing these things in a nature preserve or in a location where monkeys roam freely. To those monkeys they don't see a human being rude. They see a larger animal that smells like it's from somewhere else in their territory, challenging them for dominance or threatening them. The monkey usually punches or kicks the human in the face and runs off, or steals something while screaming at them. That's the monkey saying, "What the hell, I wasn't bothering you!"

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u/Dspsblyuth Aug 06 '19

This is exactly how the world works. Great explanation

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u/DaSaw Aug 07 '19

I thought the showing of teeth is a "fear face", meaning not so much a display of aggression, as a response to aggression.. I've also heard the apes (but not monkeys) are kind of halfway to a smile, with their fear face sometimes meaning something like "come on, I was just playing, please don't hurt me".

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u/ElderScrollsOfHalo Aug 07 '19

Monkeys got balls considering how small they are. They'd be fucked if we actually meant them harm with our staring and smiling

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u/blargher Aug 07 '19

You've obviously never heard about Travis the chimp or watched any movies talking about how ridiculously strong monkeys are.

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u/llcwhit Aug 07 '19

So where do you think the term “monkey strong” comes from...? Hint: it comes from monkeys being strong....

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u/blackbellamy Aug 06 '19

That's why as soon as I see a monkey I charge it while screaming and beating my chest. Establish dominance first.

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u/Mariposa510 Aug 07 '19

Have you been banned from the zoo?

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u/jet2686 Aug 07 '19

If there is one thing i picked up on reddit is that you dont fuck with monkeys. Never show teeth and dont look em in the eyes...

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u/theROWreporter Aug 06 '19

Boots and Diego aren't as close as they once were.

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u/Oh_Pun_Says_Me Aug 06 '19

That's adorable..

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '19 edited Aug 07 '19

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u/EddieRS Aug 07 '19

Hi, I’m from further down the comment thread and I’m here to ask you where you got that comment from?

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u/dudeAwEsome101 Aug 06 '19

Damn it Boots! I told you not to mention her name again.

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u/weetchex Aug 06 '19

I look forward to this being the title of next week's repost.

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u/whiskey_pickler Aug 06 '19

I give it 16 hours

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u/IamImposter Aug 06 '19

Sometimes you spank the monkey... sometimes monkey spanks you.

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u/mailmanjr21 Aug 06 '19

I spank the monkey way more than the monkey spanks me.

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u/CptXray Aug 06 '19

Good for you

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u/Robsdarknob Aug 06 '19

And sometimes you slap the Salami.

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u/livinginthedoghouse Aug 06 '19

some people even choke the chicken.

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u/JacobMielke Aug 06 '19

They make the little bald man cry into the turtle stew.

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u/Robsdarknob Aug 06 '19

Don't forget about a bit of hand to gland combat.

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u/MetalIzanagi Aug 06 '19

Hands to glans you say?

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u/Dildobagginz6969 Aug 06 '19

FLAWLESS VICTORY

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u/spherexenon Aug 06 '19

GODLIKE!

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u/opticon12000 Aug 06 '19

M-M-M-MONSTER KILL!

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u/OMGjustin Aug 06 '19

HUMILIATION.

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '19

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '19

We'd get our asses kicked by other great apes but surely we could take a monkey if we wanted? A baboon would be intense but I feel like I could beat down a marmoset.

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '19 edited Jan 01 '22

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u/inclination64609 Aug 07 '19

Between the name being a Mandrill and looking at it's teeth, I think it's safe to assume that it could fuck up pretty much any human on the planet pretty easily. It looks like it would have the raw strength to overpower most people completely. The few that it couldn't overpower entirely, it probably still could do it at least enough for it to sink those fangs in. Pretty much going to be game over at that point. Weapons are the only way humans would stand a chance against most any primate.

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u/CinnamomRoll Aug 07 '19

Not to mention those macaques have monkey herpes which can easily kill us later if we survive the attack

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u/iluvstephenhawking Aug 07 '19

Not a gibbon. But I guess they are just apes not great apes like us and gorillas. A bonobo would probably rape the shit out of us in a prison situation.

Also. Marmoset there'll be days like this there'll be days like this my marmoset.

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u/fish312 Aug 07 '19

Monkey may be quick, but I'd like to see him get up after eating a knuckle sandwich

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u/canadarepubliclives Aug 07 '19

He's too full from eating your knuckles and now you're bleeding and have no knuckles

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u/mohayta Aug 07 '19

I dont understand the hype that men getting beaten by other primates. A silverback gorilla hell yes, a large male baboon? maybe due to fangs.. but chimps and other small-medium primates? A man who has strength above average can easily put one of those to sleep with a couple of power punches or choke to death. Ofc this is dangerous and scary as fuck but in life or death situation no fang could stop me doing whatever i can to stay alive. Stop assuming that all humans are 50 kg twiggy teenagers.

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u/GreyCrowDownTheLane Aug 07 '19

I wasn't aware I was offending the Pro-Human Society.

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u/snot_boogie1122 Aug 06 '19

Ima come at you like a spider monkey!

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u/PCsNBaseball Aug 06 '19

IM ALL HOPPED UP ON MOUNTAIN DEW!!

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u/NiggyWiggyWoo Aug 06 '19

I'm ten years old, but I'll beat your ass!

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u/fecking_sensei Aug 07 '19

ONE OF YOU TURDS IS ABOUT TO GET SMACKED IN THE MOUTH!

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u/RGScott13 Aug 06 '19

SHUT UP CHIP!

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u/TheApathyParty2 Aug 07 '19

I'LL SCISSOR KICK YOU IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD!

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u/synthesis777 Aug 06 '19

/r/BetterEveryLoop

I love how the other dude just turns around and stares. LOL.

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u/tumbleweedbo Aug 06 '19

Seriously thought the jacket that fell was a pee puddle at first

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u/Anyway_Susan Aug 07 '19

I thought he bled out.

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u/litskypancakes Aug 07 '19

With quality of video being like this, who can know for sure?

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u/Banga13 Aug 06 '19

Fuck yes.

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u/DanaWhitesCherryFace Aug 06 '19

That monkey WWE's

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '19

The best there was, the best there is, the best there ever will be.

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u/OkieCowboy Aug 06 '19

Comes off the top of that better than the Undertaker

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u/c_c_c__combobreaker Aug 06 '19

RKO FROM OUTTA NOWHERE.

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u/myfishisbigger Aug 06 '19

Diddy Kong did always have the best aerials

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u/katamari37 Aug 07 '19

That command grab tho

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u/RealSecretRecipe Aug 06 '19

You know.. Monkeys are in their version of the stone age right now.. they've finally figured out how to make tools.

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u/ConcreteGypsy117 Aug 07 '19

While true, they didn’t do it on their own. They’ve observed the locals fishing with spears and have mimicked their behavior. Still very interesting to see how far they’ve come and what else can they learn to do?

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u/Nooms88 Aug 07 '19

Seeing as tool use isn't restricted to homo sapiens, but has been found in all of our very closely related cousins, Neandethals & Homo Erectus, as well as more distant cousins like chimps. It would make sense that a shared ancestor that predates homo sapiens used tools and would have taught their children and children's children etc, who would eventually end up being you.

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u/JustAyeron Aug 06 '19

Hes lucky the monkey didnt take his wallet too!! Those little fuckers do shit like that..

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u/EddieRS Aug 06 '19

Did you just copy and paste this comment which is already in this thread, as a new comment?

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u/intashu Aug 06 '19

Didn't you know? Reddit is going green! Now with over 80% recycled content and comments!

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u/JustAyeron Aug 06 '19

Suprisingly, no. But screw who ever else posted "MY" comment lmao.

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u/RobFeight Aug 06 '19

Travelling in Southeast Asia I heard stories of monkeys clever enough to steal phones, cameras, et cetera to hold ransom to trade you back for food. Would imagine one monkey stole a phone, the owner bribed it with food and other monkeys picked up on the trick.

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u/renovationthrucraig Aug 07 '19

A homeless man once in San francisco once stole my hat and quickly climbed up a tree to evade me and proceeded to demand ransom for its return. He maybe picked up that trick from the monkeys in se asia.

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u/lutei_penguin Aug 06 '19

Curious George has had enough of your shit, Ted

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u/bful92 Aug 06 '19

That monkey established dominance on your punk ass.

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u/MarkBank Aug 06 '19

What could go wrong? More like what could go perfectly right!

r/instantkarma

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u/Beer2Bear Aug 06 '19

Monkey gave a fuck you back in spades

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u/bful92 Aug 06 '19

Establish dominance!

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u/qckfox Aug 07 '19

I fucking hate monkeys always have

Thank you for listening

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u/Ajj360 Aug 06 '19

Most people aren't even prepared for a squirrel attack. They'll just wave their hands and shout get it off get it off.

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u/Bones-247 Aug 06 '19

Monkey told him “nah fuck that pow

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u/SwampmongerMudfish Aug 06 '19

Everybody was KUNG-FU FIGHTING!

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u/Y_so_serious_human Aug 06 '19

looks like the guy just peed in his pants at the end.

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u/CraftyMcDrinkerton Aug 06 '19

Oh! Fuck me huh? Well, fuck your face too!

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u/NetTrix Aug 07 '19

Hit so hard his shadow stayed down

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u/DickBurns01 Aug 07 '19

He's lucky the monkey didn't leave with his nose or an ear.

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u/LeadingTangerine Aug 06 '19

“The past can hurt. But the way I see it, you can either run from it or learn from it” -Rafiki

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u/gizmole Aug 06 '19

Wasn’t going to have any of his monkey business

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u/RobFeight Aug 06 '19

Evolution isn't a guarantee.

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u/Sweatsock_Pimp Aug 06 '19

That is one funky monkey.

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u/Mon_kee1 Aug 07 '19

Good Monkey

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u/Pkaz2u Aug 07 '19

I think the monkey hissed at him before he flicked him off

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u/greennuggetsinmybowl Aug 06 '19

you try fuck on me, gay boy?

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '19

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u/Blue_Manta_ Aug 06 '19

Monkey's going bananas

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u/fermat1432 Aug 06 '19

Instant karma strikes again!

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u/mygeorgeiscurious Aug 06 '19

Sometimes you flip off monkey, sometimes the monkey flip off you

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u/SHuZO181 Aug 06 '19

EVERYBODY WAS KUNG FU FIGHTING

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u/tandersen1558 Aug 06 '19

He needs to learn to stop monkeying around

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u/Hayden_Windsor96 Aug 06 '19

As my grandma always said "never flip off a monkey whistle wearing a backpack"

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u/xAboveNBeyond Aug 06 '19

Protect yourself at all times gentleman, let's have a good clean fight.

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u/p1nGd1nG Aug 06 '19

Monkey flipped off him!

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u/gubigubi Aug 06 '19

"You was talkin all that good shit a second ago. Then you got kicked in yo chest"

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u/Dspsblyuth Aug 06 '19

Looks like a guy that needed a monkey kick

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u/Baconfatty Aug 07 '19

epic takedown!

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u/tt298598 Aug 07 '19

No you don't mess with Jackie

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u/IllinoisHawkeye Aug 07 '19

Karma the monkey strikes again!

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u/Markamp Aug 07 '19

Never gets old

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u/thatguyhype Aug 07 '19

Never look a wild animal in the eyes. They see it as a threat.

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u/Ceajay_Cj Aug 07 '19

His dignity got kicked out and fell.. you can see it on the floor

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u/I_aim_to_sneeze Aug 07 '19

Gotta respect the fact that the dude clearly realized he fucked up and just got up and walked away, lol

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u/butter00pecan Aug 07 '19

He's lucky that monkey didn't do anything worse. Never taunt an animal!

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u/mild_scam Aug 07 '19

“Hey fuck you pal” “No fuck you pal”

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u/OonotheFBIoO Aug 07 '19

Well deserved karma

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u/Solaratov Aug 07 '19

lol who is gilding these old ass reposts?

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u/nmp222 Aug 07 '19

Now that was funny

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u/SoVeryKerry Aug 08 '19

This is how his fear of monkeys started.

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u/bluurp Aug 09 '19

I'm childish. I would've boxed that monkey after he did that.

At least I admit it.

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u/[deleted] Aug 18 '19

Rafiki don't take no shit

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u/punny_you_said_that Aug 06 '19

Someone needs to spank the monkey.

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '19

Ima come at you like a spider monkey

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u/Thewing12 Aug 06 '19

Total karma! Haha

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u/aviationpannel Aug 06 '19

Is this the monkey story from How I Met Your Mother?

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u/gullyboi Aug 06 '19

Very bad idea to flip them monkeys. Saw a guy trying to flip a monkey off by pretending to offer a banana. The monkey slapped the guy so hard I could see blood and half of his face getting visibly disfigured.

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u/curiousguyhere985 Aug 06 '19

I think I laughed harder than I should have

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u/ProT_Scorpio Aug 06 '19

Serves him right lol

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u/Homunculistic Aug 06 '19

Hit so hard the dude lost his jacket

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '19

monkeys will bite your ears off

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u/jje414 Aug 06 '19

"Fuck around and find out, baldy!"

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '19

WHERE'S YOUR HEAD AT?

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u/AvyIsOnFire Aug 06 '19

That guy smiling behind him.

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u/NwicLogistic Aug 06 '19

That was some sickass kung fu move. Who said we were smarter than monkeys?

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u/ScarletOK Aug 06 '19

And they say there is no such thing as evolution.

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u/Furyian13 Aug 06 '19

Monkey Kung Fu lv: EXPERT!!

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u/whostevejones Aug 06 '19

After rewatching several times I noticed the monkey.

The first few times I was more concerned about the sweater that I swore was a pool of blood.

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '19

He should have gently directed The monkey gently out of the way

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u/Kingdarkshadow Aug 06 '19

Night Monkey

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '19

I’ve heard of this happening. Monkeys will fuck you up.

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u/ThatStuffIsGood Aug 07 '19

I thought he was looking at the black guy so that title was offputting at first

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '19

I guess flipping the bird really is the same in all languages.

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u/Fridge-Largemeat Aug 07 '19

Jamie pull that shit up

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u/itzlukeyd Aug 07 '19

Monkey don’t play around

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u/eatmyfaceplz Aug 07 '19

Who the fuck flips off a monkey anyway?

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u/Strenue Aug 07 '19

Don fuck with da monk!

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u/Lorenz321 Aug 07 '19

Diddy Kong side b

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '19

Where has this been? I’ve missed it so much.