Fragments From Floyd

Well, not exactly.

But if you watch this video, you get the idea that it must be in our animal natures to flirt with possible disaster as a way of proving our young selves. I'd bet anything this monkey is a "teenager" and a male. The tigers he taunts are also subadults. And he knows exactly how close to approach when he pulls their ears, dangles passively like Mohammed Ali with arms lax to his sides.

You can almost hear him saying "yah yah yah yah yah, you can't catch me." He risks certain death if one claw connects with monkeyflesh, but he takes that chance over and over in the name of--what? Fun? Adventure? Something to tell the gang or the grandchildren in years to come?

You have to get past the very-foreign-language subtitles and the America's Funniest schtick in the retake loops and sound effects. But beyond that, this is truly an amazing piece of animal behavior, agility and interaction. It's worth three minutes, trust me.