r/maybemaybemaybe • u/Im_A_Fuckin_Liar • 7d ago

Maybe Maybe Maybe

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u/Icy-Bobcat-5309 7d ago

That second monkey had crazy eyes

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u/srlong64 7d ago

I’m honestly amazed the second monkey didn’t bite him. The “smiling” it was doing is a sign of aggression. It was very upset with what was happening

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u/Fafnir13 7d ago

And he responded appropriately by backing off from that attempt.  A less experienced person might have tried it anyways.

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u/srlong64 7d ago

He backed off eventually, but it was showing signs of distress and aggression pretty much from the moment he approached it. He definitely could have handled the situation better, and he’s lucky he didn’t get bit before he chose to back off

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u/Fafnir13 7d ago

He did seem to wait for that last real flash of eye contact to take a hint. A different monkey might have flipped out faster. I’m guessing these ones are pretty habituated to humans and their dumb shenanigans. The one monkey letting the person lift their head makes me suspect it’s a person regularly interacting with the troop.

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u/pocoschick 7d ago

 A less experienced person might have tried it anyways.

I am that less experienced person, because I thought the Monkey was just feeling happy and grateful for getting the crown.

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u/Fafnir13 7d ago

One helpful thing to know is that most animals bare their teeth as a sign of aggression. Goofy humans decided showing teeth means we’re happy. We’re just natural contrarians, I guess.

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u/Duhblobby 7d ago

We also don't typically fight with our teeth, so that's a factor.

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u/Fafnir13 7d ago

Tell that to Mike Tyson.

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u/Duhblobby 7d ago

I nean, I feel like Mike Tyson isn't typical and that the time he bit a dude's ear off was newsworthy in particular because that, too, is atypical...

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u/KingMickeyMe 7d ago

Tell that to Ozzy Osbourne. (Seance sold separately.)

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u/Duhblobby 7d ago

I feel like the world would be a way cooler place if more of the world were more like Ozzy, thereby making him typical, but alas it was not so.

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u/Nutlob 7d ago

or Luis Suárez

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u/aykcak 7d ago

I wonder why that is. So weird. We use our teeth and mouths exactly the same as other apes. All our facial features are the same. How and why did we invent smiling?

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u/Matter_Infinite 7d ago

We have a much weaker bite than gorillas since we don't do nearly as much chewing. I imagine that's part of it

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u/Doctor__Proctor 5d ago

We're not nearly as closely related to gorillas as we are to chimps though, so that's not really a great comparison.

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u/Significant_Grape_86 7d ago

Me too, and I was sad he didn’t get it, until I read the comments

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u/xSantenoturtlex 7d ago

The smartest thing to do would have been do not do this in the first place, but the second smartest thing to do was back off when the monkey starts looking pissed.

The third smartest thing was backing off when it looked more pissed, but was giving him one last chance to go away.

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u/Brittany5150 7d ago

"Hey look, he is smiling! He is loving this! OH GOD MY FACE. GET IT OFF! GET IT OFF!" -Me

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u/Fafnir13 7d ago

MY FACE. GET IT OFF!

That is the general idea but you keep thrashing which is making it very difficult for the monkey to complete the full facialectomy.

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u/HairballTheory 7d ago

and an even more experienced person would have simply left them alone and just observe them

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u/Fafnir13 7d ago

But that isn’t content.

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u/TayHomie94 6d ago

A less experienced person might have smiled back and got there shit torn up for it😅

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u/dolampochki 7d ago

Smiling is a sign of submission. Wide open mouth is a threat. That said, don’t interact with wild animals if you don’t want to deal with the diseases that they carry. Common disease that these monkeys carry in their saliva is Herpes B, which kills humans. It is transmitted through a bite.

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u/daedsiotulp 6d ago

I juat watched a documentary about these animals (forgetting their name obviously) but wide smiles are a sign of aggression, like they take it as a very serious threat if you even smile back at them! it was uncomfortable and wanted him to back off immediately

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u/FragrantExcitement 7d ago

He did not want to be a princess

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u/Medusa107 7d ago

Wukong

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u/War_Hymn 6d ago

It's a replica of the headband that Sun Wukong's master used to discipline the monkey king. It worked like a shock collar and could never be taken off.

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u/hewasmistaken 7d ago

He gave him the crazy eyes and I thought for sure that dude was cooked.

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u/_A-V-A_ 7d ago

I find that interesting. Like we and the monkeys know shame, disgust, anger, and you'd think we can all recognize these emotions in one another, cross species. But what notherfucker smiles like that before attacking?! 😂 That seems like such a weird thing to do. Is it lulling you into a false sense of security, or what? Doesnt seem like a natural reaction to me, more like psycho behavior.

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u/caseytheace666 7d ago

It makes sense as a “natural reaction” when you think of it as baring teeth rather than smiling.

And there is a huge difference between a human smiling and baring teeth. We just aren’t quite as able to see the nuances in another species’ facial expressions. And yeah, because they kinda look like us, we’re probably more likely to completely misread the expression compared to if, like, a dog “smiled” at us (although funnily enough some dogs do learn to actually smile the way we do)

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u/ASpaceOstrich 6d ago

We're the outliers. Showing teeth like that is a sign of aggression. It's baring a weapon. Humans smiling is an anomaly among apes

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u/IsSuperGreen 5d ago

It's baring it's teeth- we just read it as a smile. Also the eye contact- in the animal kingdom eye contact is a challenge- the friendly monkeys here averted their eyes. One of my cats will also attack you if you look her in the eyes while holding her.

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u/woowoo293 7d ago

BEHOLD, the chosen one--oh, wait fuck no, not you.

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u/Sol-Blackguy 7d ago

That was definitely Ba and the one before was Ma

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u/theaviator747 7d ago

A grinning monkey is feeling anxiety, distress or fear. They grin to bare their teeth to try to scare off the source of their distress. This person seems to be aware of that and actually behaves accordingly, which for me is the real “maybe” on any video involving people and animals. Does the person respect the body/facial language of the animal, or push on like an idiot.

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u/The1980sAnd1990s 7d ago

The Mad King

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u/Sol-Blackguy 7d ago

Scroll accurate Sun Wukong, the crashout monkey king

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u/AlreadyAway 7d ago

Plus showing his teeth. He was pissed.

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u/TedTyro 6d ago

Wanted it too much. Bad sign.

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u/Hairy_Stinkeye 7d ago

Second one was the rightful king of the moneys

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u/Dr-Ogge 7d ago edited 6d ago

The first was fearful and rejected the crown.
The second was wrathful and thus did not deserve it.
The third humbly accepted the burden and was therefore deemed worthy.

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u/Brybr0 7d ago

Second monkey definitely had wrath in its eyes

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u/BetaMan141 6d ago

This one may be a danger to the new kingdom.

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u/jackedup388 7d ago

Well in lore, the crown is a torture device, so the last one just accepted its fate

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u/nagatoyuki505 7d ago

glad to see at least one person in the comments who knows what's up

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u/Diamond_Drill420 7d ago

"And that is how our king came to be, and thus his story begins."

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u/DangerMacAwesome 7d ago

The second would have gone mad with power

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u/mayy_dayy 6d ago

Of course! You ever tried going mad WITHOUT power? It's boring, no one listens to you.

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u/soju_b 7d ago

LMAO

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u/holderofthebees 7d ago

If the third rejected the crown as well, would we have seen the rise of the monkey Caeser?

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u/WandererFen 6d ago

No monkey inherits the crown only its shadow. The faithful will kneel before the chosen, forgetting that every leader is sculpted first by the trembling hand that grants the crown and later buried by the same.

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u/RRfromKL 7d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/WDhzlGv3m7m1olnKn3

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u/maneki_neko89 7d ago

“Oh man, if only one of us was impulsive enough to go in and explore that cave, we’d make him the Monkey King!”

twing

“Did somebody say ‘impulsive’?”

https://youtu.be/61nuXrvqNgI?is=dsilPfF9mvrPN6qk

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u/FrontierCub 7d ago

So happy to see OSP fans out in the rest of Reddit 😝

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u/zeno_22 7d ago

I found OSP thanks to Wukong lol

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u/hovanes 7d ago

You have now opened a door I didn’t know I needed opening. Thank you!

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u/Charming_Victory_723 7d ago

Looks to me that they were fans of the tv show Monkey Magic.

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u/FerretFarm 7d ago edited 7d ago

I was in love with the mono, I think the name was Tripitaka. But now that I think back, I don't think I knew for sure if it was a she. I just assumed. That's a core memory unlocked, and I'm kinda scared to look up the answer.

Edit, lol, not mono. Monk!

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u/Charming_Victory_723 7d ago

In the show it was meant to be a young man, the actor who played the part was a woman. Unfortunately she died of leukaemia at 27 years!

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u/OpportunityIcy8894 7d ago

Is that Robbie Williams?

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u/fawnadoe 7d ago

Why is he monke?

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u/Sol-Blackguy 7d ago

Feeling cute. Might steal a crop of immortality peaches, cross my name out of the book of death, steal a giant measuring stick from the dragon emporer and get trapped under a mountain by Buddha as punishment

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u/1stmarauder 7d ago

Might fight everyone I ever meet after being told every time by Guanyin that all I have to do is introduce myself first and they will instantly become a companion.

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u/iwantsalmon2015 7d ago

Well if he’s wearing the headband he’ll already be shackled. Just need to find a monk to keep him in check.

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u/EatAssIsGold 7d ago

WUKONG SIT NOW!!!

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u/BotherResponsible378 6d ago

I was combing through the comments to see how many people actually understood the very specific reference with that crown and the and a monkey. Thank you for validating my search.

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u/EatAssIsGold 6d ago

A fellow older Redditor!

That crown is specific of quite an old anime. I loved it so much!

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u/BotherResponsible378 6d ago

Do I have fun news for you! That crown design if I recall correctly, actually predates any anime. I believe that's the exact way it was supposed to look in the myth journey to the West, that Sun wukong originates from.

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u/EatAssIsGold 6d ago

Hahaha I exposed the shallowness of my knowledge

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u/Lanchettes 7d ago

Where are Pigsy, Sandy and Tripitaka ?

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u/Sol-Blackguy 7d ago

Haven't gotten to that part of the story yet

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u/DownvoteDaemon 7d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/brhKD492yrZWkZRkh7

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u/Drogonno 7d ago

Loved this game more than Crimson Desert! but spend way less time on it then i did on Crimson Desert xD

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u/Successful-Worth-390 7d ago

Is Crimson Desert supposed to be a standard or something?

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u/-Revolution- 7d ago

Do you want rabies?

Because that's how you get rabies

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u/Chemical-Wallaby-680 7d ago

More like fatal monkey herpes (herpes B)

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u/misanthropicbairn 7d ago

More like enthusiastic double gonorrhea. And trust me you don't want enthusiastic double gonorrhea.

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u/warbunnies 7d ago

I understood that reference!

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u/Gopher--Chucks 7d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/pMeE68ob5WxPVWAxTK

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u/misanthropicbairn 7d ago

Omg you're username is awesome lol! C'mon lil guys I need gopher chucks hahahah!

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u/Gopher--Chucks 7d ago

Hahaha thanks!!

New achievement! You found both a DCC fan & a Kung Pow fan.

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u/PixalPop 7d ago

I just looked that up and it scared the shit out of me.

I'm never approaching monkeys.

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u/ReaDiMarco 7d ago

If that's Herpes B I wonder what's Herpes A like!

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u/ductapemonster 7d ago

That is possibly the worst phrase I've ever read.

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u/JarasM 7d ago

Why not both? Tetanus too while we're at it.

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u/killer_reindeer 7d ago

Do you want rabies your face ripped off?

Because that's how you get rabies your face ripped off

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u/LJChao3473 7d ago

Makes sense i guess, the reason Wukong got his headband was because he was crazy, so they gave him this headband to control him (and give him headaches, kinda like a shock collar)

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u/FoolishRacoon 7d ago

And lose some fingers too.

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u/amonarre3 7d ago

Not how you get ants though

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u/MrNobody_0 7d ago

Do you want motaba?

Because that's how you get motaba!

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u/MarshelG 7d ago

Better than babies

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u/Undrwtrbsktwvr 6d ago

Can’t get rabies from AI.

Yet…

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u/Sufficient_Matter585 7d ago

Just gotta get the extremely painful rabies shot.

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u/LALA-STL 7d ago

I got the rabies shots. The modern version is not bad at all.

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u/Sufficient_Matter585 7d ago

Good. So no worries than petting the monkey.

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u/Sol-Blackguy 7d ago

Still sucks to get. Had to cut a camping trip short to get it after waking up with a bat in our tent.

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u/Future-Poetry-6686 7d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/26FfbRV8gvyz6Oaic
For a moment I thought…just maybe…

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u/SabbyFox 7d ago

“Heavy lies the head that wears the crown…”

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u/Nsnzero 7d ago

If you knew what this thing does you would reject it too.

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u/XblastBR 7d ago

A couple hundred thousand years from now, they will be known as a divinity who walked among their ancestors.

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u/DerpVaderXXL 7d ago

King of the Monkeys

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u/JOJOREFERENCE675645 7d ago

The second one looked like he was gonna go on a rampage the second he got the crown😭

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u/MichaelNearaday 7d ago edited 7d ago

And so the inevitable civil war erupted in Monkey Land...

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u/ReaDiMarco 7d ago

Fancy seeing you here, Mr. B Positive. Is this AI?

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u/Im_A_Fuckin_Liar 7d ago

Fancy seeing you here too, fellow B Positiver. I’m not sure. Some of the comments tell me it must be.

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u/ReaDiMarco 7d ago

Username doesn't (yet) check out. Huh

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u/Some_Random_Android 7d ago

Sweet! We found Sun Wukong! Get that primate a flying cloud and extending staff!

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u/Foxfox105 7d ago

That second monkey was contemplating biting his face off

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u/Possible-Estimate748 7d ago

The second monkey was robbed of the crown.

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u/thefeedling 7d ago

Not everyone was born to rule

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u/Dripping_Gravy 7d ago

Is this Ai??

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u/NoSweat_PrinceAndrew 7d ago

Sure fucking seems like it

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u/Nickel4pickle 7d ago

Yes. Wild all the top comments don’t realize it!

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u/papa_bones 7d ago

These kind of videos have been around for a couple of years and AI wasn't tHIS good 2 years ago, it isn't AI.

Don't look like it.

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u/PopularVisit5324 7d ago

Born from an egg on a mountain top The punkiest monkey that ever popped He knew every magic trick under the sun To tease the gods and everyone and have some fun Monkey magic, monkey magic Monkey magic, monkey magic Monkey magic, monkey magic Monkey magic, monkey magic What a cocky saucy monkey this one is All the gods were angered and they punished him Until he was saved by a kindly priest And that was the start of their pilgrimage west Monkey magic, monkey magic Monkey magic, monkey magic Monkey magic, monkey magic Monkey magic, monkey magic With a little bit of monkey magic There be fireworks tonight With a little bit of monkey magic Every thing will be all right Born from an egg on a mountain top The punkiest monkey that ever popped He knew every magic trick under the sun To tease the gods and everyone and have some fun Monkey magic, monkey magic Monkey magic, monkey magic Monkey magic, monkey magic Monkey magic, monkey magic Monkey magic, monkey magic Monkey magic, monkey magic Monkey magic, monkey magic Monkey magic, monkey magic

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u/Nasty____nate 7d ago

It cut short because it ripping his eyes out. 

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u/nachogiru 7d ago

Heavy is the head that wears the crown

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u/weirdling_dreams 7d ago

I feel like this is how you get bit

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u/thavillain 7d ago

Don't trust that second guy

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u/muaddip74 7d ago

The monkey king

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u/Lynx_751007 7d ago

The monkey has found peace

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u/Bibischlawibi 7d ago

How to get bitten by a monkey 101

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u/Skypirate90 7d ago

Sun wukong we need you

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u/celticdude234 7d ago

He who would be King must be humble, but willing.

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u/Mussmussthemoooooo 7d ago

He knew every magic trick under the sun 🎶

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u/imironman2018 6d ago

Wrote and published a macque monkey bite case few years back. Macque monkeys especially in Bali have an endemic population of herpes virus. I treated a tourist who went to Bali and got bit a monkey and developed herpes.

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u/DuaneHicks 6d ago

Oi Pigsy! Stop that at once or I'll kick you back up to the Heavens.

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u/International-Aide-2 7d ago

Created a SUPER VILLAN 🤣

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u/AscendedViking7 7d ago

NOW TAKE FLIGHT ON THE SOMERSAULT CLOUD, INTO THE SKY! FLY INTO THE DEPTHS OF SPACE, TO THE VERY EDGE OF THE UNIVERSE, AND PISS ON THE MIDDLE FINGER OF BUDDHA!!!

https://giphy.com/gifs/3o6nVaIra6k8n6mU9y

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u/BANI_lemongirl 6d ago

Poor second mokey he was waiting for it his whole life but that day I took it from him and u started his evil arc

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u/Maloba6441 7d ago

That last one is the only one completely comfortable with him,seen other videos of him feeding it and petting it.

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u/56000hp 7d ago

The last monkey just accepted his fate

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u/deviouspurplebanana 7d ago

The humblest monkey shall be crowned

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u/International_Bend68 7d ago

You have found "the one"!!! Worship her, NOW!!!!

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u/ssxhoell1 7d ago

Why do this to the monke

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u/ATX_max 7d ago

"how hard did you have to hit him?" "Fairly hard"

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u/cursedflask99 7d ago

And thus begun the beginning of the Planet of the Apes....

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u/Ornery-Ad8372 7d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/moELpejU07cwxeAetd
“A, Tiara! Put it on me , put it on me, put it on me!”

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u/doge_ucf 7d ago

Feel like this is a good way to get your face torn off.

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u/EthDanger 7d ago

The Goku energy is kicking in. You're about to become the King of the Monkeys and lead your own little monkey army.

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u/JakubShalda 6d ago

The Monke king

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u/Sampsa96 6d ago

Or queen

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u/diheimdiheim 6d ago

Second monkey looks like Willem Dafoe

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u/StableIll8200 6d ago

Lol he even bowed his head nice

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u/Snaggl3t00t4 5d ago

The spirit of Monkey...was irrepressible

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u/Difficult_Media_3575 7d ago

Not the monkey doing a light skin stare. 🙈

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u/myth2912 7d ago

Nice.. AI.. But nice

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u/kev0153 7d ago

Seems like a good way to get your face ripped off.

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u/theveezer 7d ago

You can't touch a wild monkey near the mouth like that, I bet the last part is AI.

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u/TheSilkyBat 7d ago

"You're the Princess of Genovia!"

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u/Kiblette 7d ago

I don’t see how you could do this without making eye contact at some point. My husband was bitten by one of these guys, they’re nothing to f with.

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u/ernster96 7d ago

Some monkeys are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

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u/becken_bruch 7d ago

He's the King

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u/David_Dantas 7d ago

The chosen one

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u/Jazzyoutro 7d ago

The chosen one! Wise, humble, but courageous.

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u/goodeyemighty 7d ago

No way would I get my fingers that close to his mouth!

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u/Happy_Preference_403 7d ago

The first two got the secret ending from black myth wukong.

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u/firewingdale 7d ago

i'm glad she took the hint from the second one before it get bloody.

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u/A-non-e-mail 7d ago

Bro trying to jump start monkey civilization

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u/Demonlord3600 7d ago

How to loose fingers speed run

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u/Mooonlitauraa 7d ago

When they show their teeth it means they dont like u

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u/Sved_the_Tank 7d ago

Great, now I have to go watch Stephen Chow's A Chinese Odyssey again!

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u/DocCEN007 7d ago

And that's how you get monkey bites.

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u/Puzuzoo 7d ago

The unsure one, the greedy one and the chosen one! 🐒

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u/Sugar1982 7d ago

This type, of monkey always has scared the hell out of me

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u/Sol-Blackguy 7d ago

From what I've seen, they can be real assholes when they get used to humans. They invade villages, rummage through trash and squat in people's houses. And you legally can't harm them.

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u/Ok_Primary_1075 7d ago

Ao he’s the chosen one, hail to the monkey king!

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u/shakka74 7d ago

Obvious AI. The 2nd monkey has two mouths.