Horror Gibbon
April 19, 2012 - 4:23 pm
Irradiated by LabRat
Irradiated by LabRat
It helps to know that gibbons* are extraordinarily strong for their size (that makes sense when you contemplate how they get around), like most primates prone to go for the face, eyes, hands, and testicles when attacking, and as we see here, bright enough to be bloody-minded.
Sleep tight.
*Because I am an insufferable pedant: It’s an Agile Gibbon, not a monkey. They’re apes. They don’t have alpha males- gibbon groups don’t have individual leadership. They are, however, VERY territorial, and it is the males that do the actual tearing and biting for the most part when groups meet.
April 19th, 2012 at 4:44 pm
But… but… with no Alpha males, how will the whoreslut female gibbons know at whom to throw themselves to torture the poor Beta male gibbons?!?
April 19th, 2012 at 4:45 pm
Call him a Monkey at your own peril.
Ook!
April 19th, 2012 at 5:27 pm
Interesting
April 19th, 2012 at 5:35 pm
They’re usually monogamous but if the fruit life is good the second most popular choice is polyandry, so…..
April 20th, 2012 at 10:11 am
LabRat, I’m with you….. Gibbons are APES.
April 21st, 2012 at 12:27 pm
Lesser apes, but apes. I wouldn’t call the Librarian a gibbon, although it isn’t as insulting as being called a monkey.
April 21st, 2012 at 2:35 pm
For some reason the word gibbon makes me think of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqDLI-7vJ6w every time.
That ape was awesome. For a second there I thought it was going to swing itself out of the enclosure!
April 21st, 2012 at 2:38 pm
PS: My absolute favorite gibbon clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3CI8I5Si_U
April 21st, 2012 at 3:11 pm
That made my butt clench rather suddenly.
Kaerius’ clip was adorable.
April 21st, 2012 at 5:29 pm
Off topic:
Anthropogenic Global Warming is losing popularity … so the new junk science is Anthropogenic Plate Tectonics:
http://news.sciencemag.org/sciencenow/2012/04/live-chat-human-triggered-earthq.html
April 22nd, 2012 at 3:29 pm
I admit I don’t have children and I’m sure there are times one does things thoughtlessly, but I think it was assholeish as fuck for them to knowingly have a baby watch an attack display like that on their parent. Bloody irresponsible.
The power of that gibbon is absolutely breath-taking, though. I especially liked he flies through the air with the greatest of *SPLAT!*
April 24th, 2012 at 4:46 am
I had my ass kicked by a female spider monkey. The thought of being attacked by a full grown gibbon is horrifying. If the gibbon is the same, they use their canines to hook flesh and rip it open.
April 24th, 2012 at 10:59 am
Jess, if the spider monkey didn’t rape your nose, it could have been worse!
April 24th, 2012 at 11:52 am
I guess so, but looking at tendons and viens in my arm was a new experience; especially while trying to hold on to a critter with five strong limbs and an attitude.
April 25th, 2012 at 6:32 am
When I worked at the Boston Children’s zoo a lifetime ago our most dangerous inhabitant was misanthropic male gibbon named Shyly. The insidious thing about him is that everyone thought he was sweet until he tried to tear your head off; he was as agile as a bird; and he was stronger than any human.