Sexist Kenyan Monkeys!

Kintarō Hattori

Taken from there:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6959209.stm

They estimate there are close to 300 monkeys invading the farms at dawn. They eat the village's maize, potatoes, beans and other crops.
Nachu's women have tried wearing their husbands' clothes in an attempt to trick the monkeys into thinking they are men - but this has failed, they say.

"But the monkeys can tell the difference and they don't run away from us and point at our breasts. They just ignore us and continue to steal the crops."

In addition to stealing their crops, the monkeys also make sexually explicit gestures at the women, they claim.
The monkeys grab their breasts, and gesture at us while pointing at their private parts. We are afraid that they will sexually harass us," said Mrs Njeri.

The monkey squad are not very good at scaring away the monkeys.

Hilarious! It's not even April 1st!

Owen

Monkeys are fantastic. I was in Thailand 2 years ago, on the boat tour between Koh Phi Phi and a few other islands. They took us to 'monkey island', and even though the boat was about 3 metres out from the coastline, the monkeys would come out, be very timid, and almost smile for us to throw bananas at them. If you didn't throw them the bananas to the beach, and instead threw them into the water, they'd look at you, look at the ground, look at you again, and grudgingly wade out for the food. When they were turning around to wade back in again, they'd give you a dirty look.

Priceless!

Spud83

ned78 wrote:

Monkeys are fantastic. I was in Thailand 2 years ago, on the boat tour between Koh Phi Phi and a few other islands. They took us to 'monkey island', and even though the boat was about 3 metres out from the coastline, the monkeys would come out, be very timid, and almost smile for us to throw bananas at them. If you didn't throw them the bananas to the beach, and instead threw them into the water, they'd look at you, look at the ground, look at you again, and grudgingly wade out for the food. When they were turning around to wade back in again, they'd give you a dirty look.

Priceless!

Thats strange they didn't let you on the island?

Owen

So the monkeys could scratch us, and we'd get some viral infections? Yes, strange that they wouldn't let us on the island.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

darwinist bastards! all of you!

Karoma

The monkey squad are not very good at scaring away the monkeys.

Bad to laugh but...

How old are the farms, I wonder?

Spud83

ned78 wrote:

So the monkeys could scratch us, and we'd get some viral infections? Yes, strange that they wouldn't let us on the island.

Its just that when I was there you were allowed on it. There was loads of people on it.

Catari Jaguar

In the monkey park in Nairobi you can feed them peanuts and they climb on your shoulder and all. They're cute but kinda scary when they just lunge at you and grab the pack from you with their little monkey hands. Like lightnin'!

My friend was bitten and actually bled, but she was grand. Traumatised I'm sure, but physically ok.

It's mad in Kenya, they're like cats they're so common in gardens and all. I never experienced any sexism from any of them I must say.

I saw a documentary on monkeys that eat fermented fruit to get drunk. And now they're alcoholics and steal cocktails from people that are drinking on beaches and stuff. So watch out for that... Maybe that's where these monkeys unacceptable behaviour is coming from.

Kintarō Hattori

Lil Kitten wrote:

...... I saw a documentary on monkeys that eat fermented fruit to get drunk. And now they're alcoholics and steal cocktails from people that are drinking on beaches and stuff. So watch out for that... Maybe that's where these monkeys unacceptable behaviour is coming from.

HeHe... monkeys eh? Genius. I'm surprised MonkeyFudge has posted here yet praising their 'powers'.

monkeyfudge

2 hours it took me?

I'm getting slow.

I remember there was a government building in India and they were having huge problems with monkeys infesting the place... running about the place, ripping up documents and chasing women...

But the monkey is a sacred animal so they weren't able to harm them, so they eventually brought in bigger monkeys to get rid of the first bunch... I don't know how it went for them from there though.

Kintarō Hattori

Oh there he is....

monkeyfudge

monkeyfudge wrote:

But the monkey is a sacred animal so they weren't able to harm them, so they eventually brought in bigger monkeys to get rid of the first bunch... I don't know how it went for them from there though.

Oh, thats the beautiful part...........once Winter rolls around, the bigger monkeys simpley freeze to death.

meglome

I was in Nepal a few years ago and we came across a troop of monkeys. Being that they have very nasty looking teeth and they had babies with them we gave them a somewhat wide berth. But one of the monkeys threw a lump of wood from the tree it was sitting in and hit my friend square in the head. It was a hell of a shot and really funny.

Hail 2 Da Chimp

to be honest they have no right stopping the monkeys from eating whatever they want...
Bloody women :rolleyes:

Victor

Lil Kitten wrote:

I saw a documentary on monkeys that eat fermented fruit to get drunk. And now they're alcoholics and steal cocktails from people that are drinking on beaches and stuff. So watch out for that... Maybe that's where these monkeys unacceptable behaviour is coming from.

Not sure if it was the same documentary that I saw, but monkies have the same percentage of heavy, moderate and non-drinkers as humans, suggesting the genes related to alcholism are common.

Elephants will strip whole trees of marula berries to get drunk.

Catari Jaguar

Um.. That doc also had alco bees on it, that get pissed on fermented pollen or something and fly all zig zag and accidentally try to get into the wrong hive and there are these burly bee bouncers outside that chase them away...

I swear you couldn't make this up. Long live National Geographic!

dudara

he monkeys also make sexually explicit gestures at the women, they claim.
The monkeys grab their breasts, and gesture at us while pointing at their private parts

Just like being out at night in Dublin then

I wonder if any women has kicked one of those monkeys in the nuts yet? If they're evolving along like us, then they need to learn about payback as well.

thefinalstage

dudara wrote:

Just like being out at night in Dublin then

I wonder if any women has kicked one of those monkeys in the nuts yet? If they're evolving along like us, then they need to learn about payback as well.

No! Let the monkeys evolve naturally do not teach them about the theory of sexism just yet.