Jun 13, 2022, 12:20 PM

• #1

Cyberdactyl

Play Monkey Games, Get Monkey Prizes.

I have little doubt this fellow thought something not too far removed from thick nylon straps attached to winches had his leg.

Orangutans are a good 6X stronger than an Olympic male gymnast.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/rfrg_oIfBoA

Jun 13, 2022, 04:16 PM

• #2

56S

When I was a kid some teenager thought it would be fun to heat up a penny with a Zippo while balanced on the tip of a Barlow. Got it good and hot before flipping it in to the Chimps. Chimpanzees played hot potatoe briefly before throwing it back. The Chimp was a pretty good shot hitting Zippo dude right in the neck. The hot coin fell down the front of the idiot's shirt.

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Feb 14, 2024, 03:59 PM

• #4

FidlerEd

They are also Great Apes, not monkeys. But don't let that get in the way of a silly headline.

Feb 14, 2024, 04:37 PM

• #5

scottrc78

That video reminded me of a blind date I had in college.

Feb 14, 2024, 05:28 PM

• #6

Sonny McGhee

Welcome back, Ai.

Feb 14, 2024, 06:39 PM

• #7

downunder

It's near impossible to say just how strong an ape or monkey can really be because you can't train them to exert themselves, all you can do is judge them by watching their natural abilities. A male orangutan can weigh up to around 200 pounds but they can effortlessly swing from branch to branch one handed. From that it's estimated their grip strength is around 500 pounds so don't shake hands with one . The only semi-scientific research I've read about involved chimps in a zoo way back in the 1930's where they had to pull on a handle to open a door to get access to some food. The handle was attached to some kind of strain gauge. One of the male chimps pulled 600 pounds, one handed of course because the other hand had to reach for the food at the same time. One day a female chimp went into one of their rages and as she went past the food handle she grabbed the handle and pulled a bit over 1000 pounds. Once again, one handed. Stupid people get them as pets, at least until they literally rip their faces off .

Feb 14, 2024, 07:05 PM

• #8

Ruffin Ready

Unsafe negligent design to allow openings that large and people to get that close.

Likely staged, why else was the camera set up.

Feb 15, 2024, 03:59 AM

• #9

Crumple

get ready to duck...

you might catch some of Cyber's 'Prizes'...

Feb 15, 2024, 11:31 AM

• #10

Cyberdactyl

A two year old thread and still thinking of me.

Feb 15, 2024, 11:32 AM

• #11

Windrider53

He does seem to have an obsession, doesn't he?

Feb 15, 2024, 11:33 AM

• #12

Cyberdactyl

He's irritated I'm no longer providing the 5% discount at my fan club website.

Feb 15, 2024, 02:35 PM

• #13

Real Ira

Used to go to the Honolulu zoo as a teen with an equally putrescent buddy.
They had a gorilla in an old school type cage and just outside the cage a television on which they would show Sumo wrestling videos, which would really get the gorilla spun up. The Japanese tourists got a big hoot out of that.
Weeeell, my friend and I had discovered that when the gorilla was all worked up that if we mimicked him he would get really pissed off and start scooping up and flinging his own poop at us.
We would wait until a bunch of tourists were gather around, taunt the beast into taking his standard retribution and when the poop really started to fly we would run off and watch the tourists get a good pelting.
This was much funny in direct proportion to the amount of pakalolo we had been smoking.

Feb 15, 2024, 04:53 PM

• #14

56S

This forum really needs a like button.

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