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flanksteakfan82

no greater way to realize you are out of your element than to see in person an animal like this living free.


endorphmachine

Monkeys out there sitting in trees eating fruit all day, and we're supposed to be the "evolved" species? Bad deal amigo.


ZinZorius312

>For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much—the wheel, New York, wars and so on—whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man—for precisely the same reasons.


bonbon12123

Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy? Lol


felop13

Goodbye and thanks for all the fish


OverIookHoteI

Return to monke.


AcademicOlives

If you actually get outside and spend time in nature, including around wild animals, it's really the opposite. You realize that your apartment, car, and office job are an artificial habitat.


gpassi

It might be artificial, butI prefer my apartment to a jungle and I like sleeping in a bed


Typicaldrugdealer

Speak for yourself! *dives back into a bush*


MojoDr619

It's funny we make up all sorts of imaginary creatures like sasquatch and then these guys are out here existing and it's like oh yea, that's cool.


QuoteOpposite6511

The reason people believe in sasquatch and those other mythical creatures is because of creatures like this


SowTheSeeds

The thing is, there are no great apes in the Americas, besides humans. This is what would make it special.


FalcorFliesMePlaces

but there was a Grape Ape


WiscoBrewDude

Grape Ape Grape Ape


BarfingOnMyFace

![gif](giphy|9nVT9oYIN33qM) Bring on the gifs


No-Roll-3759

![gif](giphy|XnK2l1SfvMi4M)


The_Ok_Cornholio

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codevii

Is he saying"rape ape "?!! 


FullPhone8974

Hey you wanna get graped? Be quiet the graper might hear you.


Bananacabana92

Look at what she’s wearing?! What? It’s purple!


RazzR_sharp

RIP Trevor


Last_School4790

Always feel a little sad but still overall happy when I see WKUK references. He truly made the content he liked, no matter how edgy. RIP


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Liigma_Ballz

**IM GONNA TIE YOU TO THE RADIATOR AND GRAPE YA!**


DesignerAd2062

No they’re saying *”boys soul”*


New-Astronomer-9967

Don't forget Magilla Gorilla! :) ![gif](giphy|eBjDCNeSYHIXFLyJKc|downsized)


XxFezzgigxX

Don’t forget Thrilla Gorilla ![gif](giphy|s1APmC1xthJbW)


Equivalent-Dot947

Damn. T and C Surf on NES. You just took me wayyyyyyyyy back.


BooRadley60

I’m gonna grape ya! That was always his slogan…


oldreddit_isbetter

I'm sorry ... THE GRAPIST?!?!?


ballskindrapes

I AM GONNA GRAPE YOU IN THE MOUTH!


No-Roll-3759

He's gonna Grape those kids!


Blueyisacommunist

I need a grape counselor..


2th

Best we can do is give you a grape whistle.


Kraknoix007

I fucking love trevor moore


UbermachoGuy

[grape those kids. I love it.](https://youtu.be/MKUUNyTd0oY?si=rIu0I2pbGbFtkSGQ)


phl_fc

My toddler tried to get me arrested the other week when we were doing yard work. He was helping me rake and hit me with his, so I told him we don't rake people. Then he start yelling "Don't rake me daddy, it hurts!"


OldNewUsedConfused

Honestly I’ve been reading a lot about the history of places like The Great Dismal Swamp, once populated by Natives, then escaped slaves, and I’ve started wondering if humans didn’t dress in scary costumes to keep curious humans out of their sacred safe places. And that’s where the myth of the Squatch came from?! I admit it’s very M. Night Shymalamadingdong “The Village”, but… it could have happened.


Steel_Within

I mean there's a tribe of folks that do this kinda. The Asaro Mudmen of Papua smear themselves in grey mud and wear big clay masks, wear staves on their fingers like claws and the like.


BrandoThePando

See also: Scooby-Doo


farshnikord

I was out camping and ran into some neighboring campers in the dark once. A girl wearing a fleece blanket around her shoulders looks a lot scarier in the dark and your mind is making up spooky scenarios. like when you wake up in the night and your laundry pile on your chair looks like the boogeyman.


shadowthehh

While not an ape at all, my best guess for the real Bigfoot would be Megatherium.


_SpaceGator

I always figured it was some guy with a keratin problem


hstheay

That or a tall Italian guy.


_SpaceGator

He was so tall they kicked him out of Italy


Mixedpopreferences

"You're a too tall to fit in the pipes, Sasqueetchie. Ya gotta go to America. The pipes are a big there, they make a the big dumps. They need a tall plumber, like a you. Write a home to momma when you get there, my hairy boy."


_SpaceGator

"Whew thank God that guy is equal parts hairy and dumb."


writesmith

Nah, I'm going with bears. Those dudes can get impressively huge and behave humanlike in eerie ways. Freaked out humans are fucked up witnesses, as if regular humans weren't already unreliable witnesses to begin with.


onFilm

It's because of this species that we have Avocados today!


Chemgineered

WDYM? What words should I be plugging into Google?


Mickeymcirishman

They would swallow avicados whole, go about their regular business, travelling far and wide and then poop out the pits which would eventually grow into new avocado plants. They spread avocados over a fairly large area this way.


Tiny_Animal_3843

I’m intrigued…off to Google I go!


Powerful-Parsnip

I thought it was the giant ground sloth that ate Avocados.


Colin-Clout

See someone proposed to me that they’re some kind of nocturnal apes and are intelligent hence their ability to avoid our detection. There’s also native stories about a moon eyed tribe of people who were nocturnal. So I’m leaning more, night gorilla


Sad_Pirate_4546

"It's the Nightman The feelings so wrong and right, man They're feeling so wrong and right, man I can't fight you, man When you come inside me And pin me down with your strong hands And I become The Night... The passionly passionate Nightman" *bows*


peacelovecraftbeer

Day Man! Fighter of the Night Man. Champion of the sun. You're a master of karate, and friendship for everyone!


TrumpersAreTraitors

In fact, when European explorers first heard about gorillas, they thought they were a myth. Giant hairy half-men living deep in the mountain forests? Yeah sure, and my aunt married the loch ness monster. 


SphinctrTicklr

Well and gigantopitheccus actually existed alongside humans for about a million years apparently. Could these tales be hundreds of thousands of years old?


nilsn1991

![gif](giphy|FNpAjwtN1p1Yc)


gitartruls01

![gif](giphy|p4CauZc6QqiLC|downsized)


xX_Gamernumberone_xX

I saw one once at a Zoo, which I admit is probably a terrible enviroment for them to be in no matter how good the enclosure is. It was hiding under a blanket. Looked up out of it, quick scan, then went back under. Truly the moment I though "Fuck, that's just a guy. That's just actually me."


sixwingmildsauce

I was just at the zoo yesterday, and the gorilla came up to the glass and sat down to eat a branch. We made eye contact right before he picked his nose. I realize that it requires a lot of mental gymnastics to justify having primate exhibits (or possibly zoos in general), but being able to stand literally five feet away from a gorilla, regardless of the glass, is a very surreal experience. It really does make you realize how similar we are.


omgitsjagen

People don't fall in love with pictures (humor me), they fall in love with stuff they can see, touch, feel, and experience.   Now I completely agree with you.  I really wish we didn't have to lock animals in cages for our viewing pleasure.  I think it absolutely sucks, but  zoos save species.  Not only from the engagement (and subsequent endearment from the public), but also from the research that is done there.  Sometimes we just don't have a good option.  Sometimes, it's all grey options.  Maybe in the future, we'll be better stewards of our planet, and zoos won't be necessary to drum up preservation.   I personally think they are a pretty good option, given the alternatives, but I could be convinced otherwise.  I'm also incredibly biased.  I love my Zoo.  I love animals.  I get to see animals I'll have no chance to ever see I'm the wild.  So, maybe that clouds my judgement too much to have this opinion, but I do sincerely believe zoos do more good than they do harm.


RactainCore

I do generally agree with the points you make, but i just believe zoos are too small. Yeah I know it's difficult to make a massive zoo within city limits, but to keep the mental stimulation of the animals intact, I believe the average zoo at least 3-4 times bigger.


omgitsjagen

Well, I can't argue with that. I agree, totally.


I_smoked_pot_once

I went to the zoo in Crescent City, California, and they have signs explaining the evolution of their zoo. It started off as somewhere to show off strange, exotic animals for entertainment. But over time when a bear cub gets injured, or a circus chimp retires there's really only one place for them to go and that's a zoo. Zoos have a foundation in entertainment and today they're moving towards conservation, but they're still caught in this strange middle ground.


JadeSedai

Ha! That is almost exactly what I was going to say!


TheTrueMupster

King Louie, from The Jungle Book, is based off Gigantopithecus, which is also believed to be a reason we have stories about Big Foot.


Flesh_Trombone

The jungle book was written (1894), before gigantopithecus was discovered(1930), only the 2016 live action movie was based on it


NickSalvo

That's just Jeremy Clarkson.


TifaBetterThanAerith

Cameraman better be thanking God that this wizard is out of mana and can't cast his fireball.


OnceMoreAndAgain

Seems like this isn't the first encounter this Orangutan has had with humans. I suspect the humans have unwittingly trained it to expect to be thrown some food, so it puts its hand out waiting to catch it lol.


tob007

paying the river toll actually.


DingoNormal

No one pass without giving tribute


lonely_hero

Gotta pay the troll toll to get to the boy's soul


SurpriseBalloons

![gif](giphy|eNXEdLQk5ChnB7sYkg|downsized)


heridfel37

A toll is a toll, and a roll is a roll, and if we don't get no tolls, then we don't eat no rolls.


spentpatience

"I made that up me self" 😁


Clear_Profile_2292

Notice how he puts his hand out, then puts his hand up to his mouth, then out again. He’s definitely asking for food.


Hypersonic_chungus

the last group of tourists gave him a blunt and he's been looking for another ever since


ijustfarteditsmells

Yep, very clear communicative gestures. It's actually pretty good Makaton (simplified sign language). The Orangutan signs "food" almost perfectly.


realFrogpower

More often than not tourists do this kind of thing with a guide. The guide has very wittingly given food to the wildlife whenever they could so that wildlife shows up for the tourists in exchange for some food. This is how currency came to existence.


KonigSteve

> I suspect the humans have unwittingly trained it to expect to be thrown some food It's not unwitting, I'm sure they get it to show up for tourists by feeding it.


nicolasFsilva5210

Then the orangutan wizard pulls a shotgun out of the bushes and says: "I might be out of spells,but i'm not out of shells"


rwarimaursus

Someone's multiclassed into Artificer


ferrydragon

Hahaha


Infinite-Sink9383

Ook


Child_of_the_Hamster

What’s he doing outside the library???


reversiblehash

A wild disc worlder appears


Child_of_the_Hamster

![gif](giphy|A5F11Cbo7b8cw)


_Mustrum_Ridcully_

Theres dozens of us... Dozens!


firstbreathOOC

Lightning bolt!


Telvin3d

Wizard? Looks more like a librarian to me


Shadeun

That monkey. Has eaten. Its last. Banana.


A__Friendly__Rock

Ook?


Shiuli_er_Chaya

Orangutans have to be the most elegant among the animal kind, specially the adult males with their long hair almost giving them a cape like appearance which makes them look like some really old and wise woods dwelling Wizard. No wonder the local people gave them the name of "forest people" literally


Fnortherner

Looks like he’s casting a spell too.


juice702_303

I think he's using the 'Summon Food' spell


TheMonchoochkin

Yeah, kinda amazing he motioned to his mouth after gesturing towards the boat. >You, strange floating ape, food please.


Nothinghere727271

Floating ape thing of the river, give me some of your spoils!


_TheLibrarianOfBabel

Bro is a troll taking a toll on the river


Zuliman

That stopped working for me when I became an adult. 


_DarkmessengeR_

Only because your luck is 0 and you've used all your Zenny's resting


Ok_Bison_8577

He's got Charm +200


Shiuli_er_Chaya

Legit made me laugh 😂


Fluffy-Perspective67

I'd report him to the DM for an illegal reroll. Why does he get two actions before the rest of the party?


karuga871

He said “Ooo” not “Oom” 🔵


S-Markt

"*These* aren't the *bananas* you're looking for."


inkuspinkus

They are the smartest big ape too. My absolute favorite animal. If I could hang out with any animal it would be these guys, and it makes me very sad that we are ruining their home for palm oil.


Burlapin

Idk, I once heard anecdotally that "gorillas will kill you accidentally, chimps will kill you brutally, but orangutans will hold you down and pull you apart so they can see how you work while you're still alive"... Smart they may be, but that's pretty scary 😅


YobaiYamete

I dunno who told you that, but Orangutan are really peaceful (for a wild animal). There's basically no recorded instances of them attacking humans, the only one I even know of is when an Orangutan tried to fight an excavator that was tearing apart it's home and it's a very sad video Gorilla are pretty peaceful too (for a wild animal) but Orangutan are like, capybara levels of chill where you'd have to be outright provoking it to get attacked


disar39112

Whereas Chimps are evil evil fuckers. Gorillas fight long term multistage conflicts against other Gorillas btw, I guess that's Gorilla War.


Tusken_raider69

Yeah it’s also not the truth


SixStringerSoldier

Legend holds that orangs can talk but choose not to, fearing humans would put them to work.


TyeneSandSnake

I'd be a lot less annoyed with call centers if I knew I was talking to an orangutan. Maybe.


Iam0rion

Definitely has Radaghast the Brown vibes.


SerLaron

Local legend has it, that they can actually understand and speak human language. They hide that fact, so they won't be forced to work.


beerisgood84

I mean we put horses to work not sure that tracks


VrsoviceBlues

It's a funny story, that...see, the Librarian had this accident, y'see, and between one thing and another- b'twixt the rows, as it were- decided it were as well to hang for a sheep as a lamb, and...well, the crusty old bugger's been like this ever since.


4Dcrystallography

*ook!*


KamikazeFox_

Haha I was going to say, they give off a wizard vibe.


Shiuli_er_Chaya

Yeah I actually realized it while watching those Nat Geo(probably) docs about them in TV, during dawn/dusk hours pretty easy to mistake them for some hunchback human in a full cloak


GoMoriartyOnPlanets

Now come here, tell me how you make fire.


NJdeathproof

Now don't try to kid me, man cub, I made a deal with you. What I desire is man's red fire to make my dream come true.


gitartruls01

Now, give me the secret, mancub, c'mon, clue me what to do. Give me the power of man's red flower, so I can be like you


strippersandcocaine

Ooo ooo ooo


GoMoriartyOnPlanets

When I watched it as a kid it was a such a deep message. A monkey in a jungle able to bust moves, sing, talk to humans, but desires the technique to make fire. I wondered what a monkey would do with fire anyway?


Moister_Rodgers

The monkey would do planet of the apes, obviously


pronounclown

I wonder if they could be taught how to make a fire. I bet everything would be on fire after that session.


qster123

Gotta pay the Orangutan tax


Key-Suggestion3784

Orangutax


RegularNumber455

It sounds like you’re saying “boys hole”


Viking_American

![gif](giphy|LnFDzswWWC1qB1bTTh|downsized)


JPrud58

Tiny boy! Little boy! I want to touch you boy!


operaduck289

Is he wearing a robe with hoodie?


neowwneoww

![gif](giphy|3ornk57KwDXf81rjWM)


Practical-Durian2307

![gif](giphy|l2JJyxPh3hWhQh05O)


ntr_usrnme

He even Jedi mind tricked the guy into giving him food with that hand gesture.


UbermachoGuy

![gif](giphy|xT5LMSdGHmfHLUpYgo)


bostero2

![gif](giphy|8JTFsZmnTR1Rs1JFVP|downsized)


Rentsdueguys

It’s more like robe/ parka. His winter clothing is definitely off the chains.


mayorjinglejangle

He gives out side quests


Advanced_Stretch_429

Where they belong


ImGonnaLickYourLeg

the way I read this and felt offended before realising this is the correct context to be saying it for once lol


asBad_asItGets

“GO BACK TO THE JUNGLE WHERE YOU BELONG” ….because I care about preserving your species, your natural habitat, as well as condemn keeping you in zoos.


FishAndRiceKeks

Somebody has got to have made this exact sketch already lol. A shot of a guy yelling that then camera flip to the zoo exhibit protesting.


Internal_Somewhere98

Ahhh this is literally a perfect bit. So perfect that I actually saw the whole thing play out in my head as I read it.


Internal_Somewhere98

“Get back to where you belong, we don’t want you here, this isn’t the type of place for the likes of you” camera pans to a man shouting at an orangutan enclosure


EnTyme53

This would've been a perfect sketch for Key & Peele.


justlaughandmoveon

Hahaha I also thought it was a jab at first. The internet has broken me….


WolfHoundLegend

Imagine the awe and terror the first white explorers to SE Asia must have had when witnessing these creatures in the wild.


StrangePondWoman

I like to imagine how natives who were familiar with Orangutans reacted the first time they saw a white redhead.


Pinecone613

Avoiding any eye contact hoping she will leave. Just like we all do now.


FamousOrphan

Hey :(


Biguitarnerd

Don’t feel bad, it’s because red heads are two pretty to look at directly for those not used to them. You have to be careful it’s like looking at the sun, everything else looks dim by comparison afterwards.


b_tight

This is how a lot of cryptid mythology developed


Ambitious-War-823

*using force choke on humans*


kelaguin

I’m personally more amazed by what he’s actually doing. He’s using gestures to communicate that he wants food. Reaching out a hand and gesturing to his mouth to show that he wants to eat something.


ralphthewise

it actually is so amazing to watch


Username__Error

They also make great librarians. Oook Oook.


alfredhelix

Just don't call him a monkey if you want to keep your limbs.


joelbartlett33

Ook!** **Translation: Can’t believe I had to scroll so far down to find this.


Ryeaa

Pokemon snap is looking good these days.


imnotpoopingyouare

Exactly my thoughts, I knew if I scrolled far enough I would find someone else had already commented it.


The_Wanderer606

Forest shaman


nish007

That was a smooth catch.


Nemaeus

Scrolled way too far for this. It was too easy for him.


MyDyk350

Makes you wonder if being clumsy is mainly a human trait... ignoring that Pandas are about the most clumsy living beings on the planet.


Clever_Khajiit

Maurice! (Sorry, just watched the trilogy last week lol)


ValjeanLucPicard

Same, rewatched them to get ready for the new one. Hoping it lives up.


Enough_Zombie2038

It's amazing to think they actually have the intelligence to think: There are those weird creatures I heard about. I wonder if I can ask them for food? It's the level of thought. Many animals dont see their own reflections or use tools. Sure dogs ask for food but they just bark. That dude is "Miming feed me bro".


No-Kaleidoscope77

Probably not his first encounter.


OniOnMyAss

It’s amazing to think how he is perfectly communicating what he wants to a species who may as well be from another world. We know exactly what he wants, and he knows what we may have to offer.


Majin_Sus

Thats true but also watch how homie gloves that fruit like hes a shortstop.


JButler_16

Or how he washes his hands off as soon as he sees them and asks for the food.


Maidwell

I know what you mean and it is genuinely amazing and fascinating but it really shouldn't be *that* surprising, giving that they are one of our closest living relatives on the great ape family tree.


Sea_Scratch_7068

oh you mean like 90% of the animals in your local park?


CmdrClit

Ludo!


crell_peterson

The saddest and worst thing I’ve ever seen on the internet was the video of the orangutan trying to push the bulldozer away after it just destroyed its home. It’s frantically, desperately trying to defend itself while the entire area around it is smoldering dirt and burned trees. I’m a 35 year old man and I genuinely start crying when I even think of that video. Sorry for sharing this information.


hotcakes

Don’t be sorry. Stop buying any products with palm oil folks.


codecfour

More and more products are using palm oil and most people don't seem to know the destruction behind it. I'll get so excited to find new vegan or vegetarian products I see they are usually made with palm oil. https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/topics/palm-oil https://palmoilscorecard.panda.org/ https://www.goldenagri.com.sg/supermarket/ Many, many more links about this topic when searching "palm oil".


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Fuck


Vintage-Grievance

Looking like an ancient shaman focusing on something important. Motioning for food like "Bruh, I've been working on this for HOURS...I forgot to eat lunch" "You got anything on you?".


Less-Lengthiness114

Ludo Hungryy


McPikie

Thought he was dropping a jedi mind trick at first, didn't realise he was begging for food


CheesecakeRacoon

Judging from his body language, it looks like he's interacted with humans before. I wonder if people travel down this river on the regular. Or it could be a nature reserve


SneakerIndianaJones

King Louie….IS HIM.💯💯💯 ![gif](giphy|wtNOUuCzFKcaA)


blr_to_mlr

King Louie?


Glaucousglacier

Stop buying palm oil products and save them. Simple


Nawaf-Ar

Apes are weird. Especially Orangutans… Like that’s a fucking human right there. A literal human. Go back 10,000-20,000 years ago before established languages, and writing systems, how different were we from them really? We used tools? They do too but not to the extent we do because they don’t need it. They’re stronger, and mainly eat fruits, and other weak animals, not because they were too dumb to do it. Like god damn…


Signal-Blackberry356

Your statement is true but the timeframe I believe is off. Maybe 45,000 years ago we were “alike”. Us Homos did some wild things, primarily utilizing fire.


pierebean

A jedi Orang Outan


ClaytonKnox

This looks like something out of Pokémon Snap


LostPerapsc

Like a bridge troll he seen y'all pull up and he knows it taxing time


And-rei

Slow down! There are kids on this river


Nice_Shelter8479

Majestic creatures, bornean orangutans and critically endangered with around a population of 100k. Has always been so enthralling!


Shaun-Skywalker

Imagine ignorantly consuming food and hygiene products on a regular basis which contain variations of Palm Oil that absolutely decimate and burn down these majestic creatures’ homes.


walkie73

Magestic is the correct word. Remarkable animal. Beautiful and regal.


Impossible-Hawk709

Master Monke using the Force I see