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# Monkey at sea mistaken for a person, rescued by boat, swims away again
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/v-1950-godu-odinokii-samets-obeziany-nosacha-byl-zamechen-daleko-v-iuzhno-kitaiskom-more/
- Published: 2024-10-28T07:01:22.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T18:39:38.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Archive, Nature, Humour

In 1950 a solitary male proboscis monkey was spotted far out in the South China Sea.

The passengers of a cruise liner mistook the animal for a human being, and a boat was lowered to go to its assistance. The monkey clambered aboard, rested for a while, but then leapt back into the sea and continued its voyage in an unknown direction.

The solitary male monkey swam off about his business