Sick of Taking Selfies, a Monkey Strikes Back at Tourist

in Animal News on September 01, 2017

Karima Nabi was trying to pose with a Barbary macaque at Trentham Monkey Forest in Tittensor, Stoke-on-Trent in the U.K. for a picture to show her mother. But, the teen was forced to run away when the monkey—tired of posing for photos—made a dash for her. The teen reports that, “out of absolutely nowhere, it jumped out at me,” highlighting how dangerous it can be to get too close to wild animals.

Link: New York Post

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