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How does that even work?
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Monkey really did not want to be touched by human.
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Those humans really thought they knew better than the monkey? Jeez…
I read that the number one cause of death in monkeys, is broken bones and then being eaten.
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Granted, his friend didn’t push him either.
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“No Touch Monkey!”
Like cats, their skeleton is made primarily of elastic and rubber and fuck-that-shit-I’m-outta-here.
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Can’t say I blame him.
Human being after falling 60 feet into water: Ow, my broken bones and punctured lungs!
Monkey after plunging 100 feet onto the ground: LOL, whatevs, see ya!
I do not understand how this is possible.
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I found something on Quora…
Tl,dr: Relative size, and “four hands”.
https://www.quora.com/How-often-do-monkeys-fall-to-their-deaths
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Yeah, I was thinking about that, but it seems like a pretty good-sized monkey, and it’s walking away better than a human being would after a fall a tenth that distance. It’s still amazing to me.
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For sure! I wish I could do that.
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The first answer on the page was obvious, but still made me guffaw.
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Shock the monkey.
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