Monkey on a Bike Tries to Kidnap a Toddler in Indonesia (Video)
Posted on 05/06/2020 11:14:38 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A video of a monkey grabbing and dragging a toddler away on a street in Indonesia has gone viral on the internet, leaving netizens reeling in shock at the sight.
According to various reports, the incident occurred in Surabaya on May 2.
A 15-second-long clip shows the monkey zooming down the street on a toy motorbike, crashing into a group of children seated on a bench. Then it jumped off the vehicle and started dragging a girl away by the arm.
Seconds later, the monkey released the child who got back on her feet and tottered back to safety. Although she got away with only abrasions on the forehead, the toddler was traumatised by the incident.
Since the clip made its rounds online, there has been an onslaught of speculation as to what had happened that day.
Some Twitter users believe it was an attempt to kidnap the child for human trafficking purposes.
Other eagle-eyed viewers noticed what appeared to be a rope around the monkey's neck, shifting the attention to the issue of animal cruelty.
It turned out that the monkey had been part of a traditional street performance known as topeng monyet (masked monkey). The show typically involves a long-tailed monkey performing various tricks for money while wearing a doll mask.
In recent years, animal rights groups such as the Jakarta Animal Aid Network have campaigned for such shows to be banned due to the abuse that the monkeys suffer under their handlers.
Their efforts have seen limited success in the country. The shows were banned in some places like Jakarta in 2013 but not in others like Surabaya.
He was no King Kong, but kudo’s for the attempt.
Monkey was on a leash
Monkey wanted to be free
Monkey just grabbed onto first thing it could as it was being yanked back.
Its creepy joe
LOL my daughter, who’s now 21, as of last Monday!,but at first I couldn’t remember. And then I thought, Ballou!
The dingo? Maybe it was the monkey!
Odd that a street performer puts a 100 foot leash on a dangerous monkey
Decades ago I worked with a family from India. One of their daughters (who I also worked with) had been grabbed by a wild monkey and hauled off into a tree when she was an infant.
Those that are big on announcing their support for the science of evolution most, are often the same ones who’d be saying “poor monkey”. You’d think with their belief in the former point, they’d be saying “kill the lowly non-evolved primate”.
Some Twitter users believe it was an attempt to kidnap the child for human trafficking purposes.
LOL
Is that the one where the lady kept saying, my ‘fiance’ over and over?
That’s it! Elaine’s face is so funny after she says that line.
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