u/Mrcarryon

TRIGGER WARNING: mentions of Injuries and torture to monkeys

So like a lot of you I wasn't really interested in monkeys before punch (in fact I use to hate monkeys but punch has given me a new perspective and appreciation on them) so with all this content from the zoo it made me wonder if theirs other Monkeys with names and stories out there? Unfortunately I did find what I was looking for and after doing a deep dive into it I realised how awful it is. The short version is theirs national parks in other parts of the world with not the exact same species as punch but very close where monkeys live in troups. At first it seemed cute with them having names and drama but the more it went on the worse it got, firstly seemed like lot of monkeys where fighting eachother or "hurting" their own babies with some even resulting in death. But unfortunately the sad truth of the matter is it's a whole career for people over there to film these monkeys and create drama for content and views this can be as simple as giving them junk food they aren't supposed to have which not only messes with their stomachs, but creates aggression in some and some times seeing a badly injured monkey and not reporting it to the locals to help. Other cases include straight up torture with them intimidating the monkeys to create a reaction which can involve hurting their own babies as well hitting them with rocks or in some cases I saw spraying a two week old in the eye with lemon juice to create what they consider "monkeys freaking out for no reason". The reason for this post you might be wondering is to bring awareness to these situations and help you avoid them if you see them online and if you do to keep reporting them as unfortunately the only way they'll stop is if the people making the videos can't anymore. I'm sorry if this was upsetting to any of you it's upsetting seeing so many poor monkeys getting killed or harassed just for "content" so again if you are looking for monkey content please be careful what the pages you looking at are. It also gives me more appreciation for what the zoo does because I know some people think of them as animals prisons and they don't get to live their best lives, but after all I've seen id rather the worst thing they have to deal with be bordem and over grooming compared to what they'd have to face in the wild.