Statement from Monkey

You know how fond I am of the monkey selfie story. If you've been keeping up, here or elsewhere, you need to read Bill Barol's A Statement from the Monkey at newyorker.com.

"Monkey not talking about law of the jungle here, either. Monkey talking about your human law. Because Monkey may have been born in an Indonesian lowland, but he not born in Indonesian lowland yesterday."

Hilarious.

Mike
(Thanks to Steve Rosenblum and Chris Y.)

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Richard Newman: "Go Monkey! And remember, macaques are not known for being mild-mannered. Ask anyone who has handled them in zoos or labs. So, humans, try not to get him mad."

Comments

[Richard Parkin]

This was linked by Steve Rosenblum in the comments to the previous monkey post.

[Jim Allen]

That is pure internet gold. Thanks for sharing Mike!
Jim A.

[Dean]

hilarious indeed! monkey has been getting around:

http://newcameranews.com/2014/09/17/photokina-exclusive-leica-signs-macaca-nigra-as-spokesprimate/

[Farshore]

Coincidentally, the primate also has an interview with NCN: http://newcameranews.com/2014/09/17/photokina-exclusive-leica-signs-macaca-nigra-as-spokesprimate/
His diction and syntax are much better than what was presented in the New Yorker.

[Kostas]

And he's got a new job.

[Jack]

Get Monkey to do TOP print sale.

[Alan]

monkey brings up good point. Maybe users of photo should pay to help endangered animals...

[Gary Nylander]

Very funny!!!, thanks for posting this Mike.

[ctein]

Dear Jack (and others who've said the same thing),

Slater already sells prints. So cheaply, in fact, that there's no way a TOP sale could be any kind of "sale."

http://www.djsphotography.co.uk/

pax / Ctein