Monkey Day 2019

2019-12-14

When I was a kid we traveled from Hanahan, SC to Key West FL when my father changed duty stations to the USS Bushnell where he served as Chief Master at Arms.

Along the way there was a smattering of tourist traps and we stopped at a few of them to see what was there.

Among the reptiles and the birds there were various displays of baby monkeys for sale as pets.

I always thought they would make a great pet ... but inasmuch as many of my ideas during that time never panned out as being all that good, in retrospect I figure they too would have been a nightmare of overhead and behavioral problems.

Another Monkey Day is upon us. It's an unofficial international holiday celebrating "monkeys and all things simian".

I read about pet monkeys and chimps and based on those various descriptions I am glad I never went there.

Something about the potential of my best friend getting her face torn off by a pet simply doesn't thrill me none.