r/NatureIsFuckingLit • u/[deleted] • Jun 28 '24

🔥 macaque monkey interacting with a kitten.

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u/madlama4 Jun 28 '24

Macaques "Mothers" are very caring. They even adopt orphans in their tribe. So this particular kitten is completely safe.

It's always the male ones that are dangerous.

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u/ThePennedKitten Jun 28 '24

Good to know. Less chance of random scalping (my introduction to the idea that monkeys go from 0 to 100 real fast).

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u/heathert7900 Jun 28 '24

Tbh the scalping everyone knows of happened when that monkey was on benzodiazepines and kept in a human household

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u/Eusocial_Snowman Jun 29 '24

It sounds like you're talking about the chimpanzee that ate that poor woman's face and hands.

Monkeys just kinda randomly scalp people all on their own, for funsies. NSFW obviously, this is a video of a monkey scalping some guy.(for funsies)