Macaque and Squirrel's hilarious slapping contest | Primates - BBC

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[@RussC79]

How is it a contest? I was waiting for the poor squirrel to slap the monkey back!

[@dewantoroo]

Ikr?

[@vegitakr7133]

Yeh bro I watched the whole video reluctantly waited for desperate squirrel to kick monkey's ass like Tyson.

[@ibzzlightning9705]

Jack Woods exactly

[@HighlanderNorth1]

I was hoping the squirrels would bite the monkey's fingers real good, to teach them a lesson.

[@misbahailia3345]

Same. That squirrel looks like a stuffed animal, so cute. 💗 That monkey is a big bully! Keeping that big jackfruit to himself. That squirrel is tiny, she/he would've been satisfied with a tiny bit of jackfruit. Idiot didn't want to share even a small piece! 🤨🤦🏻‍♀️

[@sahrajones731]

The whole video I was rooting for the squirrel to slap the douchebag back. I will never hope again

[@coolmesser]

I am PISSED OFF at these damn monkeys!

[@michaelyu2744]

Let's take a moment to talk about how the squirrel was longer than a monkey. That's a massive rodent.

[@lizmonard]

Macaques are really very small, they always seem big on film unless you have something to compare them with.

[@AppleBottomJ]

@@lizmonard but for a squirrel to be bigger than a monkey is dope. I don't see squirrels that big where I live lol

[@PatrickBatefan]

It's a giant squirrel species from south india. They are the biggest among them all.

[@nikhilthomas4330]

Malabar squrrils are largest squrrils in the world

[@binxbolling]

​@@AppleBottomJGroundhogs are marmots, and marmots are squirrels.

[@beccac6451]

That was cute. But it wasn't a slapping contest. It was a let's smack the a squirrel around after he helps us find the ripe fruit.

[@misbahailia3345]

Yeah, it wasn't funny either 🙄. Hopefully that adorable squirrel gets to eat too.

[@celticwolff5429]

I hope the squirrels unite to fight back. They're smaller but faster.

[@googleuser6440]

Easy to know what animal we developed from 🙄

[@TravisTerrell]

I like the sarcasm, but I can't myself from pointing out... We didn't really develop _from_ monkeys (err, apes). Instead, humans and apes had a common ancestor. We developed at roughly the same time as apes, but had the same "dad," so to speak.

[@xepic665]

Travis Terrell is that you brother

[@dakotatownsend11]

From squirrels.

[@randjohnson569]

Humans are apes. We had a common ancestor with other primates, along with every living thing in the world, just more recent with primates.

[@COOLGODBOSS]

i love those freakin hairdos monkeys have, they have such style, though maybe i've seen too many humans and want 'new' data.....they sure are interesting looks!!!!

[@jogordon1530]

I think if I was that squirrel, I’d bite his fingers off!

[@cwispe]

Interesting, but there was nothing "hilarious." Just a macaque bullying a squirrel for food. Please caption your videos with honesty

[@Jordan-jn7bp]

Are you going to cry Karen

[@cwispe]

@M B i didn't. seen funnier

[@cwispe]

@@Jordan-jn7bp no

[@cwispe]

@ᚪᚢᛏᚢᛗ ᚱᚪᛇᛝᚹᚪᛏᛠᚱ yeah, and I'm a nicely tanned hispanic

[@Misto_deVito6009]

Well i certainly laughed. Those were some weak ass "slaps"

[@dennis-qu7bs]

I don't like how the monkies physically abuse the squirrels

[@kwebst1]

I love all the people so worried for the squirrels here. This is the cycle of life and those squirrels are not starving obviously and obviously the squirrels get some, this is just showing SOME cases where the monkeys take it first. that doesnt mean squirrels never get the fruit or the macaque are starving the squirrels. this is just a MOMENT not the entire lifetime.

[@TravisTerrell]

Thank you for pointing out the obvious. We know they get food--they're _alive_, and not extinct. The point everyone's (correctly) making is that the title prepared us for a "hilarious contest," but instead we were showed a monkey bullying a squirrel and stealing its food. We fell for clickbait (from the BBC, no less.)

[@kwebst1]

Travis Terrell omg I cant apologize enough. I’m so Karen . Thank you for your respectful reminder of my error.

[@018012523]

that is the biggest squirrel i have ever seen.

[@asboukcomfortable1670]

I was expecting the Polish slapping freakshow slap melee and all we got was a gentle slap! So 😍 cute! UK 🇬🇧

[@YehoshuaChicagoCubs]

The monkey just poking the belly of the 🐿️

[@huntersarrow3437]

No squirrelly that's my potpie

[@rocknrollrat2344]

Exactly! *How is this a contest?!* The title should be "Macaques beat the crap out of pretty squirrels until they give up their food." Like bullies trying to get lunch money.

[@OneBlueFroggy]

@@jackwoods535 what makes you the authority on what these animals will or will not do?

[@COOLGODBOSS]

@@OneBlueFroggy i've seen much worse, lions eat alive baby from mom womb for hour in HD.....this slapping, is nothing.....

[@Misto_deVito6009]

@@OneBlueFroggy are you seriously asking that?

[@alanroberts7916]

We didn't see part one where the cute squirrels stole the fruit from the monkeys in the first place.

[@alanroberts7916]

@@OneBlueFroggy you don't need to be an authority to state the obvious.

[@ana-bananainca790]

What a beautiful squirrel 🐿!

[@therealshari1]

that squirrel looks like a robot or a stuffed toy

[@memochicharita]

When the monkey was takin his food the squirrel said 👁👄👁

[@molettegamus4574]

i wish the squirrel will learn to do his foraging at night when monkeys are asleep!

[@chenalindelossantos967]

these are two adorable mammals ❤💚❤

[@ZahidKhan-lk8on]

🌿🐐🌱

[@Doc_89]

Squirrel - "Ahhh, finally a ripe one!" Macaque - "Aye mayne, gibs me dat!" Squirrel - "What the fu..?" Macaque - **Slap** GIBS ME DAT!"*

[@izazai6845]

poor squirrel 😢

[@joaniewaller6504]

I like apes but monkeys give me the creeps.

[@gina3498]

Poor lil squirrel😔

[@jayfranklin664]

Little???

[@mandy8275]

Me too...I was waiting for some slapping action...love them both tho...lol

[@zinebhachlaf8086]

How is this hilarious??

[@adventuresofdouglasandwall1553]

Poor squirrel 😢

[@Misto_deVito6009]

People really care about this title huh?

[@SolusWhite]

That was not a slapping contest, that was the Macaques being asshats... Poor squiggle... Someone arm them with mini mechsuits!

[@juffurey]

damn they're way more ballsy than the squirrels around here

[@meryllamistoso]

that's how y'all homies came to be now

[@Stream3344]

Macaque : **slap** Squirrel: 👁👄👁

[@MariaAguilar-uo7gt]

Smart monkey... poor squirrel

[@misbahailia3345]

Smart monkey? He/she couldn't tell which fruit was ripe. Bullies, are usually dumb.

[@ihavetubes]

Most of you would kill that squirrel if you were starving to death in the woods and tell me something is that wrong to want to live? These monkeys are just doing the same thing, surviving.

[@misbahailia3345]

That jackfruit, is bigger than the squirrel's whole body dude. I'm sure the squirrel just wanted a piece or two. The monkey was binge eating. 🙄

[@Bhatt_Hole]

dem monki's was Richards.

[@mike814031]

his pimp hand is strong lol

[@susioeandno1else]

Hey leave my baby squirrel alone

[@sudhirmn453]

i feel bad for squirrel

[@LeornianCyng]

How was this hilarious? Stop with this ridiculous attempt at click baiting for more views. Monkeys stealing alcohol and getting drunk is funny. A frog rubbing sun lotion on itself is funny. This was not. It was interesting. Please take care with how you name your videos.

[@cwispe]

my point exactly

[@anonymousunknown2430]

Yes exactly.

[@anonymousunknown2430]

@@cwispe On point.

[@viperwolf2416]

Macaque bullying the squirrels huh? Let’s see how they meet up with a bigger sky and land pradators

[@peaceforeveryone967]

I live here❤

[@thomassamuel9388]

It is more likely patting it away.

[@puirYorick]

The monkey is using the squirrel like we use truffle pigs but worse. Poor guy gets nothing at all from his talent.

[@mohd.shaheersiddiqui6792]

This clip was captured India

[@antiquemacabre]

Macaque 1: Let's use our ginormous teeth to tear this squirrel apart. Macaque 2: Nah ... let's juts slap him around a bit and steal his fruit. Macaque 1: This is why people walk all over you, Jerry.

[@user-oe2ph8wl5s]

Lol

[@MagicAyrtonforever]

Clickbaiters need a SLAP

[@calsavestheworld]

Still better than Jamba Juice.

[@flygirlfly]

1:25 total disrespect..lol

[@joebloggs5186]

Someone needs to check the definition of hilarious...

[@kwebst1]

the macaque are so gentle, just a "get away" not "Ill hurt you"

[@heteroclite6567]

Why do the squirrels let the monkeys touch them? They must not see the monkey as a danger.

[@marcusp905]

This is like me and my dog when i sit down for dinner

[@BullWorld777]

messed up

[@jugging9577]

Where the rest

[@momomalicious]

Why is this considered hilarious? More like rude.

[@BBSHOCKZ]

Dont show the delicate ones the videos of predators hunting

[@edwardmiller3968]

Where was the "slapping contest "? You LIED about what this was.

[@JoseARomo-qv5fk]

That monkey is an old school cafeteria bully lol

[@kawentia6242]

Cool 😂😂😂

[@MrCshflw91]

Almost slapped myself at 0:16, went even looking for the mosquito

[@misbahailia3345]

I disagree with the video title. That cute squirrel getting bullied wasn't "hilarious". 🤨 More like infuriating!

[@voex5593]

MIGATHIRHUNUS VS APPIDIUM BROFLEST - DINOFROZEN MADY / episode - migathitinae ofe aplumbatae

[@alanroberts7916]

So why do the squirrels keep coming up to the monkeys ? If it was a small person I bet the squirrels would not get close. Which makes me wonder why the squirrels put up with being hit on the head by the monkeys?

[@philipchiu9835]

Squirrels of the world....unite!!!

[@BFTSivasarathi]

What breed of squirrel is this???

[@vijays8555]

Malabar giant squirrels lives mostly in tamil nadu and kerala. There is also gray giant squirrels found in srivilliputhur giant Grey squirrels sanctuary in tamil nadu

[@BFTSivasarathi]

@@vijays8555 thanks bro

[@mysticaceballos]

thick squirrel!

[@misbahailia3345]

Indeed. What a beauty. 🥰

[@ProspersSkateTeam]

How Can She Slap?!?!?

[@misbahailia3345]

Here's a question...How on EARTH do you STILL remember that. 🤦🏻‍♀️😂

[@Bhatt_Hole]

​@@misbahailia3345 How? One of the greatest old-school KZbin clips of all time? It cannot be un-seen.

[@misbahailia3345]

@@Bhatt_Hole loooool

[@frankprior9376]

Those indians squirrels most be 5 times bigger than the canadians squirrels

[@philipchiu9835]

Revenge of the Squirrels coming soon to a theatre near you😋

[@Ricebender]

When someone tries to eat my food..

[@LOUDMOUTHTYRONE]

Squirrels are evil. How can they do that to the monkeys?

[@misbahailia3345]

Gosh I hope you're joking! 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@lynnleigha580]

It's not a contest when it's one sided. What do you call a man beating on a woman, a boxing match?

[@KatErina-ii6ru]

That wasn’t hilarious .. poor squirrel

[@aintnoslice3422]

that's rude of them

[@philclogger4562]

I'm Rick James!

[@smayplacebo2435]

These squirrels get bitchslapped throughout their lives :')

[@mariagabbott]

Macaque and squirrel: mmmm jackfruit People in Wuhan: mmmm macaque and squirrel

[@TheFever77]

I watched this on PBS, and for some odd reason was re-dubbed with some annoying American commentary. I much prefer this.

[@rosebery101]

Hilarious? Contest?

[@gracehowerton2900]

Isnt funny

[@shamas_kitchen]

I am becoming hopeless I upload food videos but I do not get much response I am getting sad day by day 😭

[@SolusWhite]

Don't be sad, and never let yourself become hopeless 🙂, try getting more exposure via posting on food channels like "food wishes" and other such channels. Could also try posting pics and links on reddit, www.reddit.com/r/food/top/ I wish you the best of luck 😁

[@ygztts]

Dude I've seen rats three times the size of those squirrels in the streets of New york. So much for "giant squirrels" 🙄

[@nealanderson9719]

Yeah.... but the tail though! City rats can be enormous... but they have short tails.

[@speedwagon1824]

How are they not giant? You can't compare them to a completely different giant species and say they're therefore not giant. Are the rats not big because humans are bigger?

[@jake.cee12]

2nd comment. bye.

[@priscillaklisch6520]

I don’t like those monkeys. They are rude. I felt bad for the squirrels.

[@sanguineuphoria599]

Neither hilarious, nor a contest.

[@vir4193]

LOL at all the sjw comments "how is this hilarious, poor squirrel, this is bullying"

[@biggieslapnasty]

As they scream deeply at their psychologist session with their latte in their hands crying about the horrible physical abuse they just witnessed

[@ded_lej]

i'm pretty sure we all are aware there are crueler things than this video and you guys are just on some weird hypermasculine circlejerk shit. it's not weird to feel bad for small animals getting smacked. you're not tough.

[@BBSHOCKZ]

Dont show the delicate ones the videos of predators hunting