#from balding grandpas to young mohawked punks

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The Great Sage War of 2023 has been lost and won (courtesy of @antidotefortheawkward​). Yet in the aftermath, I thought it might be fun to ask which of these living simians found in China people think would provide the best base species for everyone’s favorite Monkey King!

So while I might be missing a few monkeys, the options are:

1. Rhesus Macaque:

2. Tibetan Macaque:

3. Stump-Tailed Macaque:

4. Formosan Rock Macaque:

5. Assam Macaque:

6. Northern Pig-Tailed Macaque:

7. Golden Snub-Nosed Monkey:

8. Gray Snub-Nosed Monkey:

9. Black Snub-Nosed Monkey:

10. Myanmar Snub-Nosed Monkey:

11. François’ Langur:

12. White-Headed Langur:

13. Phayre’s Leaf Monkey:

14. Capped Langur:

15. Shortridge’s Langur:

16. Nepal Gray Langur:

China has an amazing diversity of monkeys which makes choosing a favorite near impossible. Still, that does mean that any imagination of the Monkey King has an incredible living pool to draw from.

#chinese monkeys #sun wukong #monkey king #it is sad that all of these guys are endangered #but there is still hopes that that could turn around #also omg #just like the wild variety of monkey king images #living Chinese monkeys look like everything #from balding grandpas to young mohawked punks