For whatever reason, one man didn’t get the memo that if you visit a monkey forest, there will be monkeys!
He visited Trentham Monkey Forest in the United Kingdom, home to 140 monkeys that live there in absolute freedom. But get this: He became annoyed by how many monkeys were around him and then complained…
He decided other people needed to know just how bothered he was.
He complained to TripAdvisor about too many monkeys
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The man took to TripAdvisor to write a complaint about too many monkeys living in the monkey forest.
“Too many monkeys”
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He would have liked to see other animals in the monkey forest
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He thought that the forest, specifically for monkeys, had too many primates. He also felt that the price of admission was too high for the forest not to feature other animals.
The park is pleasant, and the overall experience is decent. However, it primarily features monkeys, which makes the price seem too high in our opinion.”
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The Monkey Forest staff weren’t sure what to make of this complaint
Whoever wrote back to the man must have had a great deal of patience. They had to explain the seemingly obvious detail that most people visiting a monkey forest expect and actually want to see monkeys!
“Hello, the park primarily features monkeys as we’re a Monkey Forest? We’re unsure how to answer this bit of feedback sorry! Thanks.
The Trentham Monkey Forest Staff
Someone took a screenshot of this interaction and posted on X, formally known as Twitter
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Unable to get over the complete absurdity of the man’s complaint, someone took a screenshot of the TripAdvisor comments and posted it on X, formerly known as Twitter.
Several people mentioned that complaining about too many monkeys in a monkey forest is like going to an aquarium and saying there are too many fish or going to a bakery and grumbling because there’s too much bread. It made zero sense to them.
“The bakery was pleasant but it primarily featured bread.”
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Some people have tried to make sense of the man’s complaint
A valid complaint might have been that they're all the same SPECIES of monkey, given they're all barbary macaques at Monkey Forest. As opposed to Dorset's Monkey World, which has a really wide variety of apes.
A few people tried to think of a version of the man’s complaint that could potentially be rational, including one X user who pondered the notion that the man could have been disappointed in the limited variety of monkeys in the forest rather than there being too many monkeys.
Kudos to them for forming a more multi-faceted complaint. Sadly, the true TripAdvisor complaint is in a league of its very own.
The Monkey Forest plays a vital role in the survival of monkeys
The UK forest isn’t monkey-ing around with its mission to provide 140 endangered Barbary monkeys the chance to roam free in 60 acres of vibrant Staffordshire woodland. While it’s a treat for humans to visit in close proximity, it’s first and foremost made for the monkeys.
The Monkey Forest staff want people to be educated and enlightened about the needs and adversities of the monkeys, so when someone comes in and says there are too many monkeys — it may be seen as pretty ridiculous and rude.
There are plenty of other places to see a variety of animals
We get it: Monkeys aren’t everyone’s jam, and that’s OK! Fortunately for the man who complained and others, the UK has a range of other options that literally have nothing to do with monkeys and/or lots of other animals.
Rather than comment on the man’s lack of rational thought, some people on X are just too amused by all of this.
“I can’t stop laughing at this,” one commenter wrote, with many others sharing GIFS of laughing monkeys to express how this complaint is totally bananas.
There a few people on X that just can’t get on board with this being a real-life scenario. They suspect that this may all be just one big farce.
This is someone monkeying around !
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What do you think?
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Do you know someone like this, or is it the most ludicrous thing you’ve ever heard? We want to know your thoughts in the comments, including if you’d ever visit a monkey forest.
