Wild Macaque Monkeys Have Fun High Diving Into Fountain

Jul 25, 2020 by apost team

It is always fun watching kids having fun at the pool, especially when they are lining up to take turns at the high diving board. The sight is even more remarkable when animals are doing it! In a clip from an upcoming nature series, some wild Macaque monkeys can be seen enjoying a dive at a pool in India, and the resemblance of their behavior to that of a group of kids at a high diving board is quite remarkable.

It is surprising that some animals can do the things we imagine only humans can do. If you have ever dived, even if it is at a pool, you know the adrenaline that races through your system as you take off. But when you land into the water, the feeling is heavenly. You want to do it repeatedly until there is no morsel of strength left in you. Some wild Macaque monkeys seem to have discovered the fun that lies in diving.

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A clip from an upcoming nature series shows some wild Macaque monkeys enjoying a dive at a pool in India. In the short video from Spy in the Wild, a PBS series that is set to have its second series soon, the monkeys are seen taking turns to high dive into a pool.

You will love to see how they do it. It is so similar to how human kids do it, and they too seem to be having a time of their lives doing this. One can't help but wonder where they learned the art because they look like pro divers. It's like they have been at it for many years.

It makes one wonder, did they copy human divers? Did their parents introduce them to the game, or did they stumble upon it accidentally? We know that human kids learn some stuff from us adults, but there are other things they discover by themselves, which tends to surprise us. They leave us wondering who on earth taught them that. Maybe the parents of these Macaque monkeys are just as flabbergasted. They could have sat somewhere near a pool and seen how some human kids were doing it and noticed just how exciting it looked for those kids. From there, they probably decided to try it, and there was no going back.

The monkeys look as if they would not give up this fun-filled activity for anything else in the world. And that could explain why in this clip, they were diving in an outdoor fountain. For them, anywhere that they can dive is good enough. As long as it gives them an equal measure of fun, they will take their chances anywhere.

If only we were as spontaneous as our animal friends are. Their lives are so simple. They see a pool, and there is no thinking about getting into the right swimming clothes. For them it is a matter of diving in, having their fun, and when they are done, they shake the water off and run to the next pleasurable activity. Maybe we can find areas where we can relax the rules a bit too and enjoy ourselves without giving much thought to it.

What do you think? Do you sometimes find yourself too rigid and missing out on some things that you know would have brought immense joy to you and your loved ones? Let us know about it in our comments section.