Quote Originally Posted by hobbes
Interesting.

I wonder if the monkey understands that he is playing. Meaning that even if the cubs were to catch him, they probably wouldn't eat him anyway.

And why would a monkey ever need this skill of pulling a lions ears and tail? It wouldn't, so this means that the monkey is doing this solely to entertain himself. I wonder if he thought, "Oh, two tiger cubs, this is going to be fun".
She was protecting her young. It's not uncommon for a primate to attack anything when the brood is threatened.

It was pretty funny but I think that the monkey took some nasty swipes