Waitress almost loses finger on holiday when 'not so friendly' monkey mistakes her fake nail for a peanut
| Published date | 05 April 2024 |
| Publication title | MyLondon (England) |
The 40-second clip shows the large primate jump onto Tasmin's head before grabbing her hand and wasting no time 'nipping' one of her fingers to eat the nuts. She speculated that the animal could have mistaken her leopard print French tip nails for a peanut and decided to try to eat it.
You can hear Tasmin scream 'Ow' and become 'panicked' before a tour guide instructs her to kneel down so the animal can run away. A second video shows the hilarious moment Tasmin gets stuck awkwardly leaning on a random man's shoulder after a different monkey grabs her hair while jumping onto the stranger.
The waitress had booked a spontaneous six-day trip to Morocco with a friend and was excited to get the chance to feed some monkeys. Tasmin said: "We started feeding the monkey's nuts and one got on me. I felt his gnashers nip me. My nails were leopard print as a French tip. I don't know if he thought that was a nut.
"I freaked out. That was the first one I held and he was the big one as well. It was quite a lot. The tour guide was going on about how they are friendly, but not to me.
"I was looking at how he was just holding my hand with his hand, which was funny. His belly was all against the back of my head and it was just so hot. He did smell a bit funny.
"I was wearing Gucci sunglasses my mum got me for my birthday. I had to keep pushing them back because the monkey put all his weight on me. It was lucky he didn't take them. Then the tour guide told me to kneel down. I didn't really know what I was doing because I was in panic mode. I froze a bit.
"My reaction was definitely an overreaction because he didn't bite me hard but I've heard stories about monkeys. People commented on the video saying I need to get rabies jabs but he didn't break my skin. I think I just panicked."
However, the experience did not stop Tasmin's enjoyment from feeding the animals. Tasmin, who also runs her own swimwear business, said: "Another monkey did the same thing but then he went on someone else's shoulder.
"My hair was caught in the monkey's hand on the...
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