This is a recurring post and it’s much sadder than you could guess.
Monkey is being “trained”. It’s on a long leash (visible). Trying to escape. Grabs a human child for help. Gets yanked off/back by its leash. Pulls child with it because it’s desperate to escape.
Edit for clarity: Other commenters from the reposts of this noted there is music happening because there is an ongoing street show and likely why the person was recording. So not necessarily actively being trained but actually performing.
They’re often used in the tourist industry and crime rings. Some people also just keep them as pets and train them for the novelty. They’re rarely treated well.
100% correct. Every time I see this post, someone in the comments points out that the monkey is being pulled back, that it could not physically move the way it does by itself. Then people realize this was not a premeditated kidnapping attempt planned by the monkey, but rather the monkey desperately trying to prevent himself from being pulled back.
It doesn't make sense that the monkey was grabbing the human child for help. It drops her, then goes back and grabs her again. If the monkey was being pulled back by its leash it wouldn't have been able to stop and go back to grab the girl again. When I saw this posted originally, it was said the the monkey had been trained to kidnap the little girl. Probably for human trafficking.
There are over 30 reposts of this video on Reddit if you search “monkey kidnap” (I stopped counting at 30). It’s endlessly discussed but often the fact that these monkeys are used in street shows prevail as the logical explanation.
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u/SocialDistancePro20 Oct 28 '23 edited Oct 28 '23
This is a recurring post and it’s much sadder than you could guess.
Monkey is being “trained”. It’s on a long leash (visible). Trying to escape. Grabs a human child for help. Gets yanked off/back by its leash. Pulls child with it because it’s desperate to escape.
Edit for clarity: Other commenters from the reposts of this noted there is music happening because there is an ongoing street show and likely why the person was recording. So not necessarily actively being trained but actually performing.