Chinese villagers mistake atrophied ape for alien

It is actually as cute as it is creepy.

Thank God they villagers didn't kill it and eat it.

Well, I'll be a monkey's uncle! Chinese villagers mistake atrophied ape for alien

This ape made a monkey of Chinese villagers who feared it was a visitor from another world.

Locals panicked when Mao Xiping, a housewife from the village of Gezhai, in Henan province, central China, found the scraggy simian stealing cucumbers from her flat.

She thought it was a harmless rabbit, until she noticed it had an 'alien face' and her neighbours agreed it was like nothing they had ever seen before.

Well, I'll be a monkey's uncle! Chinese villagers mistake atrophied ape for alien

now i'm waiting for the alien ape cults to bring us a myspace page we can giggle at

It's not even an ape or monkey.

It's a LEMUR

reply to post by Grey Magic


I was gonna say, that's no monkey.

Other than being a little scraggly, I think he's adorable.

reply to post by 2012srb


Yeah I'm glad they are feeding it instead of eating it.

Originally posted by Grey Magic
It's not even an ape or monkey.

It's a LEMUR

Glad someone else realized this, I was reading the article and looking at the pic going APE?! APE?!

reply to post by Grey Magic


Actually, you're close! It's a strepsirrhine primate - that is, the primates that have muzzles instead of "faces". This group does include lemurs, as well as pottos, galagos (bushbabies) and this guy. he's a critter called a loris, and they live in southern Asia, particularly Sri Lanka, which has several species.

This particular dude has a bad case of mange, or is otherwise so ill that his hair us falling out in clumps. My guess is that he's someone's pet; lorises don't naturally occur anywhere near Henan.

N'awwwwwwwh! Want.

reply to post by TheWalkingFox


I thought they were in the same family, Both Loris and Lemurs are cute, hope the little guy recovers well

Great thread.

It's cousin Bob!

reply to post by EyeHeartBigfoot


I can haz SMEAGLEZ!!!

*gollum.........gollum......gollum*

Poor lil guy is just searching for his Precious...



s&f OP, nice (and fun) find!

reply to post by EyeHeartBigfoot


Whoa! I mistook it for my ex mother in law!!

CJ