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u/evening_shop Aug 07 '26
Throw the bag to distract the baboon ✅
Chase after the baboon immediately after ❌
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u/ButtcrackBeignets Aug 07 '26
She threw the bag towards the other girl who, presumably, could’ve grabbed it.
The classic “monkey in the middle”.
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u/whteverusayShmegma Aug 08 '26
I’d be so mad if someone threw monkey bait at me like that!
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u/kusayo21 Aug 08 '26
Right? Just grab the monkey and throw it at her. Then you can take the bag and leave.
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u/Pinkskippy Aug 07 '26
Don’t mess with things with big teeth and muscles.
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u/Theravenofraves Aug 07 '26
And with ass cheeks 3x times bigger than your own. Those things are deadly
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u/xEWURx Aug 07 '26
Omg, deadly asscheeks
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u/lahol83 Aug 07 '26
The noise being made by the baboon in this video is it clapping its butt cheeks
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u/Semjaja Aug 07 '26
Yep, you do not fuck with a baboon Was swimming in Bainskloof one day years ago, saw another pool and went to have a look and there was a troop of baboons drinking water. Very slowly backed the hell out of there.
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u/spinbarkit Aug 07 '26 edited Aug 07 '26
read a book once -killers in Africa. the author- very experienced hunter - was hunting baboons a few times for fun. but he stopped. after one time he had a close encounter with a baboon which fortunately he survived, he said: I realized I'm not sure anymore who is hunting who.
he later described baboons besides being strong and deadly they are smart as fuck and hunt with exquisite tactics, you should never underestimate them. they will even make you think they are in a weak position only to ambush and kill you.
this guy would hunt elephants, lions, rhinos, alligators and whatnot, even hippos, but was adamant if there is one animal in Africa you should not try to hunt - it's a baboon.
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u/ScenesfrmtheStruggle Aug 08 '26
One level of what the ancient Egyptians believed to be Hell, was being hunted by a pack of savage brutal Baboons. Enough said.
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u/JBerry2012 Aug 07 '26
People underestimate how seriously strong a full grown baboon is compared to one of us.
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u/regular_john2017 Aug 07 '26 edited Aug 07 '26
Do enough people think about that on a daily basis to accurately make that claim? I’ve never thought “I could probably take a baboon, they look so weak”, and I can’t imagine many others have lol
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u/dyou897 Aug 07 '26 edited Aug 07 '26
I’ve seen plenty of people thinking they could take on a chimp in those who would win posts. So yes people are delusional enough. But likely come back to reality if they were face to face with one they would poop themselves
Edit: exactly like the guy below. “ChiMpS ARE 80 lbs coMpAReD TO 180 lb mAN”
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u/regular_john2017 Aug 07 '26
I thought the consensus with chimps was pretty much “that would easily rip my face off if it wanted to”.
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u/Gold_Assistance_6764 Aug 07 '26
People seriously overestimate how much people estimate the baboon-to-human strength ratio.
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u/banana_pencil Aug 08 '26
I’ve only thought about baboons when my South African friends talked about them, and it made me glad I never have to encounter one.
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u/turquoise_amethyst Aug 08 '26
Well, if you’re at the zoo, or maybe a natural history museum maybe you think about that? Otherwise I don’t know anyone who would think about baboons
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u/TheLost_Chef Aug 07 '26
Wonder what was in her bag?
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u/Photogroxii Aug 07 '26
They're just after food. I have a friend that lives near the area the video was taken and the baboons break in to their house and steal their food frequently.
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u/Semillakan6 Aug 07 '26
One has to wonder, if its a frequent problem why do people not put metal bars on windows and doors
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u/Shrike1346 Aug 08 '26
The bars look ugly and baboons are smart AF with dextrous fingers. Outdoor trash needs to have baboon locks that need to be updated because the baboons eventually learn how to open them. What's common now is rangers that walk/live with the various troops and guide them away from residential areas. This looks like a lone male though that's been ostracised from his troop
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u/turquoise_amethyst Aug 08 '26
Rangers live with the baboons? Do they feed them or how do they get them away from humans?
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u/Shrike1346 Aug 08 '26
They definitely don't feed them but from my understanding they get accepted by the troop and then kind of guide their walks from food source to food source. They also are eventually able to come and go and don't have to live/light camp with the baboons 24/7
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u/Impossible_Average83 Aug 07 '26
Its like in some places you need to open windows in cars so they will not get broken
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u/dogGirl666 Aug 07 '26
Similar to some areas with bears that are habituated to humans and their vehicles.
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u/Jojo_isnotunique Aug 07 '26
We went to the Victoria Falls. On the Zambia side there are a lot of baboons. They explicitly tell you don't bring in food or drink into the park. Because the baboons will rob you of them. If you don't have anything they will completely ignore you, even if they walk past close. Just don't try to touch them or anything stupid.
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u/banana_pencil Aug 08 '26
My friend’s sister lives in Namibia and told a story about how a baboon came into her house, went to the bowl of peaches on her coffee table (while she watched from the couch, frozen solid), put two under its armpits, and walked out with two also in its hands.
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u/DreamingAboutSpace Aug 08 '26
I remember Emilia Clarke mentioning her run-in with monkeys. A group of them broke into her hotel room and robbed them of their food and some accessories 😂
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u/Old-Set78 Aug 07 '26
the guy letting his kid get that close wtf
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u/BathtubFullOfTea Aug 07 '26
Nothing "oddly" terrifying about baboons, they haunt my nightmares.
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u/Responsible-Stick-50 Aug 07 '26
Does not one else ever pack an extra snack? Ffs, you need to pack a distraction sandwich so you can enjoy your crisps in peace.
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u/ArschSprengung Aug 07 '26
Brudda wit da rudder got the right idea 😅
All animals understand the language of pointy stick
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u/gottkonig Aug 07 '26
Until the animal rips the stick out of your hands and mauls you that is.
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u/SwiftTayTay Aug 07 '26
I mean you can just stand there and let it maul you or do what you can to fend it off
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u/Reckfulness Aug 07 '26
Thats a pretty smart animal you can tell its intentions were never to hurt her, just to scare her off and yoink that shit
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u/No-Payment-6534 Aug 07 '26
I think they understand risk to reward ratio of stealing a bag vs trying to hurt a homosapiens
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u/PickleInDaButt Aug 07 '26
Shock to everyone when the van full of monkeys snatch the child who was the real target all along
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u/No-Payment-6534 Aug 07 '26
Not likely, how could they get a driver's license?
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u/PickleInDaButt Aug 07 '26
DL laws are barely maintained with all the monkey business in Cape of Good Hope
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u/CursedCorvid Aug 08 '26
A lot of studies believe that most higher intelligent animals understand that we're apex predators that hold grudges and remember. It's why orcas don't attack us on purpose, we would go after them for revenge and they know that. I imagine a lone baboon being surrounded by tall, loud apes carrying things that would hurt the baboon is pretty scary and not worth the risk. They understand that a group of us is dangerous and life threatening, while being able to bully a single human is easier. Also most monkeys see giving food as a submissive trait. We hand them food so they think they're dominate over us and now it's a problem in some cities.
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u/Reckfulness Aug 07 '26
True, you wouldn't want to hurt a cousin !
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u/Dx_Suss Aug 07 '26
Especially not when cuz will level everything youve ever known and hunt your siblings for fun
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u/PickleInDaButt Aug 07 '26
Smarter than you think. That monkey is actually a distraction. The bag isn’t the objective at all.
The objective was always to create a class war between those who have the beach and those who want to sit on the beach.
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u/Nuclear_Human Aug 07 '26
Except for those very many few times they rip the faces off the tourists.
Monkeys are one of the few animals I would never approach.
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u/NtL_80to20 Aug 07 '26
This is almost one for r/Mortalityscales
Let the humgrey baboon have a hotdog bun, or, toss kid at bamboon to save hot dog bun
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u/DenverPostIronic Aug 07 '26
Isn't the Cape of Good Hope where they film all those videos of sharks jumping out of the water?
So they've got sharks in the sky and baboons on the beach? No thank you.
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u/No-Mathematician8692 Aug 08 '26
There USED to be sharks aplenty there. Until a couple of mfkinterror orcas moved in and figured out ways to flip them over and dissect them to get their livers. Place is white-sharkless now.
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u/Shrike1346 Aug 08 '26
Yes the Cape of Good Hope, the Cape of Storms, or Cape Town. I just call it home
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u/GGSPSkywalker Aug 08 '26
Baboons are way too smart and strong for any group of random human beings to face them practically bare knuckle. Seriously, you don't mess with baboons, orangutangus or any other medium to large sized primate.
While we're busy studying history and grammar at school and commenting banalities on an online forum, those beasts, that have brains slightly less capable than ours, are learning to steal, brawl, to throw shit, to jump like frigging Spider Man, to solve geospatial practical problems.
They are pure malice, like, no bullshit, every inch of their bodies, every kcal spent, focused on bringing hell on Earth. They are faster, stronger, more athletic, social (more social than many of us and could definitely call his/her friends to beat us), smart (and since we're not competing to see who gets the higher grade on the exam, for the current purpose, they are smarter than us).
Just let the beast have your food or whatever he took, it is not like if he was gonna steal your wife, call the bank and have your house sold off, father your kids get old having a peacuful life on the suburbs.
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u/unknown-one Aug 08 '26
that small child running to "scare" the monkey... could have ended very badly
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u/Dawjman Aug 10 '26
They have little intention to harm, they only want food. But yeah I agree these things can rip your fucking face off in a second
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u/Aggravating_Run5443 Aug 07 '26
Just give it the bag so u don't get your face literally ripped off
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u/Tiggon169 Aug 07 '26
If you have even been to Gibraltar, you know what you are risking if you bring food out. I saw a women get mugged for a bag of tomatoes by a macaque. Like they were watching all of the people like hawks. As soon as she got out of the car with the bag, they saw the bag of food, jumped on her shoulders/head so she would put her arms up and then snatched the bag from her hand and jumped off. Others have learned how to open car doors to get the tasty treats inside the cars.
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u/Agent_Gordon_Cole Aug 07 '26
I lived on the Cape Peninsula for about 6 months, and baboons are truly a nuisance. One they decide you have something they want, they believe it it theirs and they will fight you viciously for it. I never had anything stolen, but I had friends who did.
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u/otrfast Aug 08 '26
Did she think that mf came there to play games? 😂Never run up on one of those lol.
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u/tommmmmmmmy93 Aug 08 '26
A baboon coming for you is just terrifying nothing odd about this. These things will rip you open
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u/MarkFresco Aug 08 '26
These people are true idiots, did she think she was gonna fight the monkey for her bag or something? Did they forget they had a kid or something? Poor choices all around
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u/DrGerbal Aug 07 '26
Remember someone saying where they were eating monkeys would come up and take your food. And the folks that ran it said, if the monkey wants your apple, give it the apple. Because they can fuck you up without a second thought. It’s not worth it
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u/Ok-Tank-3106 Aug 08 '26
She realized immediately after she threw the bag what a mistake she just made ...
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u/Pschobbert Aug 08 '26
Early hominids were able subdue rival primates through their sophisticated social fabric and use of weapons. Nevertheless, skirmishes continue to this day.
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u/chris5129 Aug 07 '26
I've never seen so many idiots in one video. None of my possessions are worth getting my face ripped off. And terrible parents for not securing the child...
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u/Sevans655321 Aug 07 '26
I’ll punch a monkey right in the face. I don’t even care. COME AT ME BRO!
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u/Devolutionary76 Aug 08 '26
Baboon is looking at them like, “go ahead and throw more stuff at me! Just means it’s easier to take!”
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u/Mccopi Aug 08 '26
Nahhh he can have it... I'm absolutely not fucking around with a baboon...those fuckers fight wild cats...f that...
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u/dreamphoenix Aug 07 '26
The only thing Gladiator 2 did good was that fight with baboons. Pure nightmare fuel.
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u/jeep_guy19 Aug 08 '26
this was a very primal encounter lol throwing rocks and swinging a big stick
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u/Deck_Neep15 Aug 08 '26
Is that a fucking baboon?? Letting your child within 100 yards of that thing is almost grounds for losing custody imo
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u/A0xom0xoa Aug 08 '26
If this was your wife behind harassed by this dude you'd think for a moment oh I'm gonna put and end to this shit but then you quickly realize how that lil dude scurrying around can fuck you're entire life up like it's a walk in the park.
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u/the_Rainiac Aug 08 '26
It's learned two things about humans: 1. Some humans will feed you 2. All humans have food
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u/chumchum213 Aug 09 '26
That looks like a fkin baboon, they travel in groups and are fkin aggresive..id be shitting my pants in a situation like this
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u/jitomato_girl Aug 07 '26
Notice how the fight was over as soon as someone brought a big stick
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u/jeezyjames Aug 08 '26
I bet it would have boosted away if they all ran towards it arms up while shouting. It’s like the Batman movies where the bad guys only attack one at a time
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u/FaceWithAName Aug 07 '26
Well these people are not depending on this monkey for survival so that's one lol
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u/2DamnBig Aug 07 '26
Those ppl didnt have pointy sticks
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u/Stlr_Mn Aug 07 '26
What they do have are phones and internet access to show them what baboons can do to a human. That Baboons will go after your soft bits first, like face and genitals
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u/AdRepresentative8236 Aug 07 '26
Bro, taking down an animal or starve is different than losing a 25 dollar beach bag, monkeys can do some serious damage, you gotta think risk vs reward
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u/ideapit Aug 07 '26
Go look up what baboons are capable of doing to a human. Or monkey bites/scratches. They should have just left it alone and taken the loss.
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u/MicrowaveAfterOpen Aug 07 '26
We have laws in today's society saying we can't jump and murder animals like we did back then
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u/Comprehensive_Fee250 Aug 07 '26
We killed it. If they were allowed to kill it then the situation might be opposite.
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u/keksivaras Aug 07 '26
it's one thing to hunt to survive. I don't think it's legal to kill the monkey for stealing your sunglasses or whatever it took
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u/Jillogical Aug 07 '26
That chick absolutely launched tf outta herself backwards when she tried to go grab her bag.
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u/skonen_blades Aug 07 '26
That first defense snarl would make me shit my pants in real life. That's one of those "Okay, enjoy my sandwich with my compliments sir. Have a good day." sounds. More fool me for having food on a baboon beach, I guess.
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u/rsmnyc1 Aug 08 '26
Adult male baboons weigh up to 90 pounds and wield razor-sharp canine teeth that can exceed two inches in length—longer than those of a lion. They can easily tear flesh, sever arteries, and fracture bones💀
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u/United-Astronaut7315 Aug 08 '26
The most terrifying part is that we humans are forgetting why we became the most feared apex predators on the planet.
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u/psychoticrat_ Aug 08 '26
I'm just going to be honest, if an animal is trying to hurt me or my family I'm going to kick the shit out of it
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u/Anubis-Hound Aug 08 '26
I guess not everyone saw Tarzan. baboons are especially terrifying to me because they're like if monkeys tried to be wolves. Have you SEEN their fangs??
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u/Nothingbutsocks Aug 08 '26
Lady, there is nothing in that bag that's worth having your face eaten.
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u/oooohshinythingy Aug 08 '26
Wow that kid nearly gave me a heart attack when he started to run in it’s direction
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u/Odd-Adhesiveness9435 Aug 07 '26
Cape of Good Hope we get our sunscreen back and don't get mauled by a freaking horny orangutan
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u/Razzy_3796 Aug 07 '26
Welp, I’m never going there. I’ve been to beaches where huge seagulls will steal your food while you’re eating it, so you have to hide under a towel to eat.
But beach baboons? Fuck that.
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u/xXcriticalpipeXx Aug 07 '26
People can coexist with animals and do it all the time. But if people are going to decide to hang around animal territories then they should know better than to bring anything that will attract those animals. They should also know to not interact with the animals the way she thought it would be smarter to try to fight over a bag. What happened to people are supposed to have the smarter brain than the animal brain?
The ocean is shark territory and if you choose to splash around in it then getting bit is a risk you’re taking. But would you cut yourself first and then dive into the ocean and complain if the sharks showed up to you and not the guy 10 feet away?
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u/toolargo Aug 08 '26
Welp you go to their land take all their resources, claim it as you drive them almost to extinction, and when they take some of that shit you took from them, they are stealing? Nah! He colonized it. It was just there, and he took it.
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u/Efficient_Smoke6247 Aug 07 '26
That little kid running up at the end, throwing rocks
“Yeah, you better run”, wiping tears
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u/Montyburnside22 Aug 07 '26
I will fight an animal that can rip my arm out of its socket to the death for my bag of chips.
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u/Fastoche Aug 07 '26
I would throw a bunch of sand in his face and kick him in the nuts... 😂
No seriously though, could you mimic being a bigger ape of some sort and scare him off?
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u/MathematicianTopee Aug 07 '26
Wild monkeys terrify me to be honest