Did you know this?! WTF perverse scary monkeys

[Tangled59]

Happy Saturday morning MN!
So last night (wild Friday night, woo!) I watched a documentary about monkeys. Here's what the narrator had to say About chimpanzees:
"From the age of 15, male chimpanzees begin a life devoted to terrorising and brutalising the females". Essentially female chimps appear to live in a state of continuous panic and terror. Narrator continued: "Other than humans, no other species is as cruel and violent to its fellow members".

It then switched to bonobos, a female-led society where they basically hump each other as a solution to everything (literally, a male was acting up so the matriarch chased him down and then peace-fucked him back into harmony).

But I can't stop thinking about the chimps! Isn't that quite depressing? I always thought gorillas were the scariest monkeys but watching the chimps lounge by the river, using tools to fish and practiscing mobbing made me think fucking hell - part of me would actually rather stumble upon a tiger than a group of chimps.

Gorillas aren’t monkeys.

Chimpanzees also for ‘raiding packs’ and kill and eat young chimps.

Chimps have had good pr in the past. I blame pg tips for those ads!

Apes. They're apes.

Chimps are violent and aggressive at times - just like humans as the narrator said!

I love Chimps. I’m still not over a documentary from years ago that showed them eating small monkeys. They are BRUTAL. But I still love them.

When we were on safari in Kenya a huge monkey took a shine to my friend and got, um, visibly turned on while chasing her into a corner. She was terrified and our guide had to throw stones at the monkey to stop it attempting assault. Wasn’t a chimp though.

@TempleOfBlooms
Sorry but thats quite funny. Your mate the monkey fluffer!

Just off to google the difference between apes and monkeys

Bloody hell I had no idea!! 🙈

I hate chimps they are awful creatures. Brutal and savage for the intelligence they have. Having seen them murder baby chimps and bite each others fingers and ears off. They have done the same to humans as well there was a woman savaged by a chimp called travis once and she had her nose and eyes and fingers bitten off. Of course that was a sad case that travis shouldnt have been a pet of course. But my God i dislike chimps greatly.

Monkeys have tails. Apes dont. I love gorillas though.

@SleepFreeZone
You keep that monkey away from me!!!
Anyone reading who cant be fucked to google:
Monkeys have tails and are more animal like than apes
Apes dont have tails and are the ones that feel more human like (chimps gorillas bonobos orangutans)

You think chimps are bad? I've never felt the same way about ducks since I saw a gang of males repeatedly gang-rape a female who couldn't fly away to escape because she had a brood of ducklings with her

@Whipsmart

Tails. Monkeys have tails. Apes have no tails and are more clever, and absolute bastards.
Bonobos though, I find myself behaving like a Victorian minister every time they are on tv “come on now, that’s enough, go and pick some berries or something”

They are quite scary aren’t they. I agree I’d rather take my chances with a big cat

Stop anthropomorphising these animals.

They’re not humans. It’s what they do....

@phlewf
Whats weird is as the documentary was starting, we began with gorillas and I was like "oooh, big muscly scary gorilla leader!". But after the documentary my conclusion was thats actually quite a peaceful community. They were very relaxed and quiet compared to the other apes (and vegan!).

If you met a silver back and is harem in the forest, do you reckon it would attack you for no reason or could you just turn around and walk away quietly?
Because im guessing chimps wouldnt give you a chance.

It then switched to bonobos, a female-led society where they basically hump each other as a solution to everything (literally, a male was acting up so the matriarch chased him down and then peace-fucked him back into harmony).

I'm sorry but this made me laugh

@ReggaetonLente
I think with a big cat it would be over pretty quickly. They'd floor you and then snap your neck. A group of chimps would probably mutilate you or eat you whilst still alive.

Dolphins are pretty nasty shits too apparently

Going to research orangutans now and see whether they are more gorilla or chimp like (but they strike me as quite chilled).

I highly recommend Orangutans. The docs I’ve seen are lovely, they copy humans, washing clothes, pretending to use soap and they make themselves umbrellas when it rains. I have seen them being vicious, they probably are, animals are animals but the docs are lovely.

@Wishfulmakeupping

Really?!

I have been into the chimp enclosure at Chester Zoo a few times and it is fascinating but weird. Basically they are a group of nearly human animals who sit around watching one another then who kick off every few minutes. There is such a weird vibe amongst them and when they fight it’s horrific. It’s like watching humans fight.

Dolphins are evil rapists as well. Flipper had us all fooled.

I love Orangutans. They are amazing animals.