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

[Old Croc]

Some of these monkeys were relocated from habitats on Phuket when they had over bred and started being a nuisance to tourists.

Instead of culling, authorities moved groups to a couple of small islands where they had to learn to survive in a new environment. I believe they were feeding them, at least initially. This could explain their behavior towards visitors.

Edited March 22, 2023 by Old Croc

[Old Croc]

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[UbonEagle]

As soon as I read “influencer” I got a very different view…fake news ?

[wealthychef]

These monkeys are super aggressive, I can attest to that.  Something I did set off one of them and he got very aggressive and chased me off.  Only reason I didn't fight him was I didn't want to be the guy caught in a video fighting a monkey.  ???? But they are very aggressive and I advise people to stay away from them.  

[Neeranam]

My wife is from Lopburi, so I have a lot of experience with monkeys. Once i got in a serious fight with one, over some durian, they can be nasty buggers.

[Old Croc]

5 hours ago, UbonEagle said:

As soon as I read “influencer” I got a very different view…fake news ?

These people are YouTube vloggers not Influencers.

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On 3/22/2023 at 4:50 AM, scubascuba3 said:

Those monkeys bully people into giving food. On golf courses caddy's use catapult's to keep them away

Wow, TWO rogue apostrophes in one sentence. ????

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"Riley managed to scare them off - picking up his son and taking a swing at them". 

 

Do Aussies often use their infants as blunt weapons? 

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15 hours ago, Sticky Rice Balls said:

Do you think the monkeys ever get sick of eating bananas? I know i sure get tired of eating rice ????

Choose a Thai wife, eat rice for life. Unless you're happy to cook too. 

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4 hours ago, Neeranam said:

My wife is from Lopburi, so I have a lot of experience with monkeys. Once i got in a serious fight with one, over some durian, they can be nasty buggers.

They were insisting you try some? ????

[CLUBBER]

On 3/21/2023 at 7:46 PM, Red Phoenix said:

I only see one aggressive monkey on the first picture...

[xtrnuno41]

22 hours ago, Neeranam said:

My wife is from Lopburi, so I have a lot of experience with monkeys. Once i got in a serious fight with one, over some durian, they can be nasty buggers.

Saw a movie on that. So i never want to be in Lopburi. You have my respect, you even want to stay there.

But mountain temple in Prachuap Khirikan is also not that nice, especially the parking place they made for it with a fountain. No one parks there, it is a domain for the monkeys playing in the fountain.

But Lopburi is indeed quite horrible.

[fredwiggy]

On 3/22/2023 at 9:41 AM, Adumbration said:

Original clip from youtube:

 

 

This is a family who travels the world and they (he) don't have the common sense to both leaving their things where monkeys will grab them, as they do most everywhere in Thailand, and bringing small children around animals that are well known to bite? 

[JackGats]

I've seen monkeys stealing all kinds of things, even smartphones, from people. I carefully stow my hearing aids away when in sight of monkeys. All animals (and humans!) who live from hand-outs become noxious after a while.

[Adumbration]

15 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

This is a family who travels the world and they (he) don't have the common sense to both leaving their things where monkeys will grab them, as they do most everywhere in Thailand, and bringing small children around animals that are well known to bite? 

Monkeys not always present, they live in the jungle.  And then come to the beach if they know people are there.  I have experienced the same problem.  Parked myself up on a nice part of the beach.  The paddled out for a surf.  While floating on my board noticed a pack of monkeys arrive on the beach out of the jungle and grabbing my stuff (but I had roped my backpack to a big log on the beach).

[Yellowtail]

3 hours ago, fredwiggy said:

This is a family who travels the world and they (he) don't have the common sense to both leaving their things where monkeys will grab them, as they do most everywhere in Thailand, and bringing small children around animals that are well known to bite? 

I believe they left their things where the monkeys could grab them, so they could then post videos of them being attacked by the monkeys. 

[Neeranam]

8 hours ago, xtrnuno41 said:

Saw a movie on that. So i never want to be in Lopburi. You have my respect, you even want to stay there.

But mountain temple in Prachuap Khirikan is also not that nice, especially the parking place they made for it with a fountain. No one parks there, it is a domain for the monkeys playing in the fountain.

But Lopburi is indeed quite horrible.

I live in Hua Hin, never lived in lopburi 

[xtrnuno41]

On 3/24/2023 at 11:48 AM, Neeranam said:

I live in Hua Hin, never lived in lopburi 

OK my bad, as you were talking about your wife coming from Lopburi, I assumed you were in living in Lopburi. 

[EVENKEEL]

I see no reason to interact with any wild animal on purpose. 

 

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Edited March 26, 2023 by EVENKEEL

[watchcat]

On 3/22/2023 at 5:20 PM, Sticky Rice Balls said:

Do you think the monkeys ever get sick of eating bananas? I know i sure get tired of eating rice ????

Most people mix the rice with pork, chicken or fish. You should give it a try.