Did a Monkey Pee on Me?

Yes. He did.

Yes, he was a He.

My husband and I were in Iquitos, Peru (one of my favourite places ever! Visit my Peru travel site for more info!). We decided to do a one day tour of Iquitos before starting our Amazon tour the next day. One of the stops was the Quistacocha Zoo. It wasn’t something we would have done, but our guide insisted and so we checked it out. It gets poor ratings for a reason. The animals are kept in very small cages with little protection from humans (and vice versa!). Overall, a sad experience.

But…

One little monkey did catch my eye. He was eating a banana and looked absolutely adorable. He was watching me, and I just had to go over for a closer look. He kept giving me these cute little eyes, as if asking me to be his friend for the day. And I was totally suckered.

 

 

Closer I got and closer I got.

Then, he whips out his monkey-hood, and proceeds to touch himself with a hysterical laugh and the look of pure evil delight in his eyes. And he sprayed me. Did he ever spray me. Both he and my husband howled with laughter much to my dismay, but eventually their pure glee won me over, and I had to laugh as well.

Wish we had gotten a better picture of the evil laugh, but here he is, moments before “the incident”. Look at where his right hand is….