i just watched a monkey ignore a literal volcano explosion to keep watching tiktok
so i am hiking the perimeter of the crater zone and i find this small macaque sitting on a rock. the ground is literally shaking and there is lava bubbling like five feet away. he is not running. he is not screaming. he is just sitting there with a smartphone in his paw, staring at the screen with the most dead-eyed expression i have ever seen. i thought maybe it was recording something, but no, he was just watching soap-cutting videos. i have no idea how he gets signal or why he is choosing to hang out in a death trap. do not even ask me why he looks like he hasnt slept in three years.
that is right? i read he trades photos of lava for snacks.
Reply to gossip_queen： i tried to offer him a granola bar but he just stared at me like i was an inconvenience.
that rock is literally vibrating. how is he not moving?
Reply to hiker_guy_99： survival instinct has left the chat.
is he actually safe or just stupid?
he looks like he has seen the end of the world and just decided he does not care.
this gives me so much anxiety just looking at it.
how does the battery even stay alive out there? he has better signal than i do.
i have seen him there for months. he is basically part of the landscape now.
wait is that the same one from the news clips? people keep saying he is a local legend.