So at the end of the day we’re all just monkeys riding bicycles. But, uh, some of us more than others.
(Photos borrowed from various places, including Ratrod and Flickr users bongopix, amangla007, David Wilmot, Paul Cowell, Painted Lotus, Shjaan V, N Dangthuy).
Oh but wait there’s more…
From Telegraph.co.uk last December:
When one of the monkeys refused to ride on a child’s bicycle in a street performance in Sizhou, in eastern China, their owner beat it with a stick. Although they were tied to the man with ropes attached to their collars, the monkeys appear to have decided to fight back.
The two animals came to the defence of the third monkey, grabbing the stick from the man, pulling on his ear and biting his head. When he dropped his cane, one monkey snatched it up and began beating the trainer on the head until he broke the stick, witnesses said.
The dazed trainer told his audience: “They were once wild and these performances don’t always come naturally to them. They may have built up some feelings of hatred towards me.”
This guy better watch his ass:
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The original naked riders! Ride my little hairy friends, ride!
Ha! I love it! Great finds. I love the tall bike.
Totally precious. Then the monkeys beating the man with his own stick in “But Wait there’s More”… too good. I know rhesus macaques well — this is pretty lightweight thuggery for them but well deserved it seems…
hey where did u get these photos from? there really cool.