Awesome Monkeys

When it comes to strange-looking mammals, the proboscis monkey is right up there near the top of the list. Nature show host ZeFrank takes a few minutes to explain this primate’s big, floppy nose and what purpose it serves. Is it a big nose, big hose situation? Hit play, and find out.

Marvel unleashes one of its stranger characters for this animated series about an assassin who finds his soul trapped inside of a monkey. But the monkey has his own code that may just make him a better man. Stars Jason Sudeikis, Olivia Munn, George Takei, and Fred Tatasciore as Hit-Monkey. Coming to Hulu 11.17.2021.

UK lettering artist Seb Lester has a knack for creating repeating patterns. His vibrant and whimsical Monkey Action series currently features two primates playing tennis, and another riding a BMX bike on an Escher-esque course. Both designs are available on throw pillows, laptop cases, blankets, and t-shirts.

“Monkey. It’s your final banana for tonight.” Joel Haver parodies the sheer stupidity of The Bachelor and its spin-offs with a look at what the show would be like if the humans were replaced with monkeys. Of course, the Bachelor monkey still must pick its mate from 30 emotionally-unstable monkeys selected by the producers.

(PG-13: Language) The Sam O’Nella Academy brings us another round of strange and unusual factoids, this time about our distant primate cousins. From smoking cigarettes to painting abstract modern art, chimps have developed some surprising skills and behaviors over the years.

Mischievous meets creepy in Marcantonio Raimondi Malerba’s Monkey Lamps. The lamp has a 4W LED bulb, a white resin body and comes in three variants: sitting, standing and hanging. Available soon from Seletti.

Animator Cyriak dips back into the wacky sauce once more, this time creating a trippy short film based on old footage of monkeys banging on typewriters. We were waiting for them to write some Shakespeare, but that never happened.

While CGI effects dominate the big screen these days, the Oscar-winning effects team from Amalgamated Dynamics Inc. shows off the incredible realism they were able to achieve with the gorilla puppet they built for The Zookeeper.

Vine user kingdaddy narrates a clip of a monkey treating a banana like Cookie Monster would a cookie. Though we have to say, the original video is actually quite off-putting. We’d wild out too if we were being treated like that.

A capuchin monkey buys himself a bottle of juice from a vending machine. He even gives the change back to his master. Though the way he was pounding on the machine, we thought it ate his money for a second.

This gloriously colorful and vibrant animated short created by 3dar Studio follows the journey of a monkey displaced from his habitat, who starts a new life disguised as a human living in the big city.

Hyundai UK unleashes a troop of baboons on the i30 to prove how durable the family- and wallet-friendly hatchback is. We’re not sure they proved much, but hey, a bunch of monkeys in a car.

The crew from BBC’s Planet Earth Live better not let their bosses see this footage of a couple of toque macaque monkeys acting as cameramen. Bananas are way cheaper than a regular paycheck.

Japanese comedian Ken Shimura eggs on Pan-kun the chimpanzee, who manages to play table tennis better than a human baby can – plus he can catch them in his mouth like marshmallows.

An dominant monkey at the Memphis Zoo is easily threatened by “tall males.” YouTuber NRucker5 intentionally turned his back on the jealous primate and it charged up a finishing attack.

Ayumu the chimp proves that in some ways, the apes have capacities which exceed most of us – as he memorizes complex numeric patterns faster and more accurately than your average child genius.

The whole idea of having your animals do your chores for you seems very Flintstones to us. Here, a monkey takes care of some dirty plates – hopefully before it starts to fling its own poo.

A monkey gets snatched from its native habitat to be sent on a mission into space. A charmingly animated CGI short with a clever twist, by Eric Villeneuve, Antoine Rouleau and Emmanuel Gatera.

Whereas humans enjoy the companionship of tame dogs, baboons at a dump in Ta’if, Saudi Arabia kidnap feral puppies to raise as members of their families. Looks like the apes really are rising.

Curious George gets a ghastly Joker makeover. There’s not much to say about Andy Hunt’s T-shirt design except that we’d love to see it turned into an actual tee. Vote for the design at Threadless.

From the looks of this baseball-playing primate from Japan, we’re pretty sure we know where the Cubs, Astros and Pirates have been filling their rosters from lately. Ouch. The truth hurts.

The Society of Sinister Simians from Dallas illustrator Chet Phillips is a part Victorian, part steampunk and all evil book and card collection of vicious, mysterious and power hungry primates.

Created by Leo Burnett and musician Ben Lee for the World Wildlife Fund, this brilliant short film is the perfect antidote to Tim Burton’s Planet of the Apes. Go behind the scenes here.