# These Monkeys Aint Monkeying Around

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-monkeys-aint-monkeying-around/947502>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [July 28, 2021, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-monkeys-aint-monkeying-around/947502 "2021-07-28T06:31:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2021, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-monkeys-aint-monkeying-around/947502/1 "2021-07-28T06:31:56Z")

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> **[Rival gangs of wild monkeys fight in front of drivers in Thailand](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9828415/Rival-gangs-wild-monkeys-fight-shocked-drivers-Thailand.html)**
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> Footage shows how the two rival gangs of wild monkeys fought each other at a busy junction near the ruins of a temple in Lopburi, Thailand, while shocked motorists watched on.

Covid fueled lack of tourism leads to a shortage of food for our simian relatives. Street gangs of monkeys stop traffic as they brawl. Can we really afford to defund the police while this sort of violence is rampant on the streets?

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2021, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-monkeys-aint-monkeying-around/947502/2 "2021-07-28T06:41:20Z")

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Nevermind.

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**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2021, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-monkeys-aint-monkeying-around/947502/3 "2021-07-28T06:42:11Z")

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Not sly.

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**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2021, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-monkeys-aint-monkeying-around/947502/4 "2021-07-28T11:40:31Z")

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**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2021, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/these-monkeys-aint-monkeying-around/947502/5 "2021-07-28T11:42:02Z")

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Drawing comparisons between defunding the police in America and gangs of monkeys? Seriously?

I’m closing this thread.