Aussie dad gets into fistfight with monkeys on Ko Phi Phi in Thailand

[Thomas KH]

Meanwhile, local primate specialists and conservationists have identified a window of opportunity here and are now frantically scouring the Thai Criminal Code for something/anything to legally bamboozle the Aussie. Dire times call for dire measures. 

[LosLobo]

56 minutes ago, AhFarangJa said:

I looked twice too, then I read he is an 'influencer'. Modern parlance for a p.r. man. So I guess he was helping her with her homework while she was absent from school..............( and, no, I am not a fan of the spoilt little b****).

Why because she has autism or because she is an advocate for science?

 

The facts behind the picture of the family with Greta is that the family sailed across the Atlantic and Greta hitched a ride with them.

 

[sammieuk1]

The last time  I went to HH beach it was invaded by monkeys with attitude just as I put my towel and bags down it was the shortest stay ever they then surrounded my car trying to grab stuff out of the boot as I was troughing it in.

Now I'm a Believer I hate the Monkees ????

[Elkski]

These guys have a large following in YouTube.   Thailand tourism takes another hit.    I would be <deleted>.  What would my penalty be because the monkey that bites me is no more. 

[Elkski]

This will make major news.  Dam Thailand can't you do anything right?

[ChrisY1]

For those that don't know who these people are, they're from the YouTube channel "Sailing La Vagabond"

Greta was a passenger of theirs, from the US west coast to Europe

[WorriedNoodle]

8 minutes ago, ChrisY1 said:

Greta was a passenger of theirs,

The link between being an "influencer" with a Greta link as proof and getting attacked by monkeys on Phi Phi at another time is tenuous.

[Paul Henry]

Was it the infant or the 5 year old attacked?

[AlQaholic]

Why are there monkeys on that little island? Must have been brought there, Island is too small to sustain them without humans present.

[Adumbration]

4 hours ago, Stevemercer said:

Yes, I often get into arguments and fights with monkeys too.

 

 

Not often you see a monkey wearing reading glasses.

[Adumbration]

Original clip from youtube:

 

 

[Liverpool Lou]

4 hours ago, save the frogs said:

sad to see them get aggressive , but or would it kill people to part with a few bananas?

No it wouldn't but it would encourage the notoriously dangerous wild animals to rely on humans for food which isn't very smart.

[Liverpool Lou]

4 hours ago, neeray said:

It's early in this article but I expect soon to see comments referencing Darwin awards (Darwin, name of the 1-year old).

Well done.  You take the award for being the first one.

[Liverpool Lou]

1 hour ago, Bangkok Barry said:

5 hours ago, Tarteso said:

Is she Greta? ????
 

Moved to New Green Forum.

Amazing resemblance.

You mean the one with her name on her jacket?

[Liverpool Lou]

1 hour ago, LosLobo said:

The facts behind the picture of the family with Greta is that the family sailed across the Atlantic and Greta hitched a ride with them.

...to benefit from the extra income her ride generated for them.

[proton]

Got lots of monkeys near us in Bangkok living around a bridge, no Thais ever get out of their cars to interact with them, they feed them by chucking food from their cars. This whole thing looks like another faked for YT and Tik Tok, they are not that stupid. Claims he needs 10 injections over 2 weeks, it's 5 all together 

[toofarnorth]

'till I read this I thought an influencer was someone with the flu virus that passed it on .

[NanLaew]

5 hours ago, save the frogs said:

sad to see them get aggressive , but or would it kill people to part with a few bananas?

 

You ever been to these places where they allow visitors to buy bananas to feed the monkeys? You either buy a LOT of bananas or you wait until the next punter shows up with their bunch to start feeding them and make your escape.

[Liverpool Lou]

1 hour ago, Elkski said:

Thailand tourism takes another hit. 

Why?  Because they deliberately did something remarkably stupid by wanting interaction with wild monkeys?

[Liverpool Lou]

1 hour ago, Elkski said:

Thailand tourism takes another hit. 

As nonsensical as the chronic "another nail in the coffin of Thailand's tourism" comments.

[Liverpool Lou]

1 hour ago, Elkski said:

What would my penalty be because the monkey that bites me is no more. 

Would never happen to the monkey.

[LosLobo]

37 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

...to benefit from the extra income her ride generated for them.

Obviously, the same as with the monkey bite.

 

Leave no stone unturned comes to mind.

 

Phi Phi Don was developed last century as a cocoanut plantation and the monkeys were likely brought there for harvesting.

 

Past tourists have also fed the them creating the problem today.

 

With the number of people bitten at Monkey Beach on a daily basis perhaps TAT should not promote the place.

 

The other five injections around the bite site were likely rabies immunoglobulin. Then a shot of rabies vaccine in the arm followed by another four spaced over time.

[Liverpool Lou]

1 hour ago, Elkski said:

This will make major news.  Dam Thailand can't you do anything right?

So what?  What actually happened was a damn stupid and irresponsible Aussie tried to interact with wild monkeys for financial benefit...can't he do anything right?

[spidermike007]

This is crazy. Monkeys attacking an infant would be very scary. They are powerful and can be vicious. 

 

Any kind of stick or bamboo staff scares the monkeys into submission. Perhaps they should provide bamboo on perilous beaches and at temples with monkeys? Or, would that simply be too proactive? 

[xtrnuno41]

when they visited a beach notorious for monkey attacks in the Ko Phi Phi Islands. 

 

Of course then you go with your 1 year old son, to see. How dumb, I guess the guy was an influencer. Oh, he was (sarcastic) . Then all is explained, nice holiday movie to show, to put your son's life at danger on your web site.

I have some terms to show what I think about the guy, but it will be deleted.

[Peterphuket]

It is more than 15 years ago I visit Pi Pi, but can't remember there where monkeys.

Maybe somebody bring this animals to there?

[Burma Bill]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

taking a swing at them

I've heard of a Monkey Wrench but not a Monkey Punch!

[metisdead]

A troll post has been removed.

[Liverpool Lou]

1 hour ago, LosLobo said:

1 hour ago, Liverpool Lou said:

...to benefit from the extra income her ride generated for them.

Phi Phi Don was developed last century as a cocoanut plantation and the monkeys were likely brought there for harvesting.

 

Past tourists have also fed the them creating the problem today.

 

With the number of people bitten at Monkey Beach on a daily basis perhaps TAT should not promote the place.

 

The other five injections around the bite site were likely rabies immunoglobulin. Then a shot of rabies vaccine in the arm followed by another four spaced over time.

Why are you telling me all that?      

[LosLobo]

3 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Why are you telling me all that?      

Apologies, I was addressing a lot of other posters' comments and was just being lazy.