Clever Monkeys
Photo Caption Challenge!

White-faced capuchins in a tree. Image © BBC

Monkeys are clever, but we think that NATURE viewers are even more clever! Think you can come up with a funny caption for what’s going on in this photo?

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109 Responses to “Photo Caption Challenge!”
  1. t says:

    “if we’re so clever, why can’t we figure out how to separate conjoined monkey twins?”

  2. doreen says:

    Just another day in the jungle… What do you want to do, Marty?

  3. Ramona says:

    “There goes our stock portfolio.”

  4. Gregg says:

    “Has the election line gone down yet?”

  5. Greg W. says:

    It’s Monday

  6. David says:

    “When is this photographer gonna give us some food! I’m tired of waiting.”

  7. Delph says:

    ‘I’m a little bit country …and I’m a little bit rock ‘n roll.’

  8. fred van deuson says:

    “……..I don’t know, what do you want to do…..”

  9. Diana says:

    Strike a pose, let’s get to it, come on and vogue.

  10. Allyson says:

    Time to make the doughnuts.

  11. Cheryl says:

    Oh no. It looks like Ms. Green is planning another activity. Lie quietly. Maybe she won’t notice us. Play school wears me out.

  12. Donald says:

    two heads are better than one.

  13. Beverly says:

    I’m not sure, but I think 2 legged ones are called Humans.

  14. Mavis says:

    Its your turn to do something funny for the camera. I did it last time.

  15. Thomas says:

    They tried to enjoy their vacation, but neither could remember turning off the iron.

  16. Ricky Garcia says:

    (Sing-songy) Two Monkeys hanging on a tree H-A-N-G-I-N-G!

  17. Greg Hurley says:

    One monkey said to the other: “What do you mean 1729 is the smallest number expressed as the sum of 2 cubes in two different ways?”

    The other monkey said: “Forget it. You are just not as evolved as I am.”

  18. Martha Treder says:

    I can’t believe we’ve climbed the WHOLE tree! Are we there yet?!?!

  19. Paul Demers says:

    Now, if we put on a big raincoat, we can fit in with the bigger monkeys.

  20. J Rodewald says:

    “When does PBS pledge week end?”

  21. Lacaplin says:

    Hey Dude… wanna take a nap?

  22. Lisa says:

    So what are you doing standing there with that camera and staring at us?

  23. Max the Bunny says:

    You on the right is that your feet, or two long toes?

  24. jack says:

    Ya know, sometimes I don’t know if I have what it takes to be a “clever monkey.”?

  25. Evelyn says:

    “I can’t believe I ate the whole thing.”

  26. Gordon says:

    Do you really think they’ll buy our DVD?

  27. Adam says:

    Where’s the remote?

  28. Hank Ball says:

    “they never seem to tire of creating clever captions” Evolution…huh!

  29. Joe says:

    Our bark’s bigger than our bite.

  30. Paul says:

    Hey Joe, did you hear that we’re closely related to humans? Yeah, Romero, I heard. I’m bummed too.

  31. T2 says:

    “Year of the Rat… eh?”
    “Yup, we still have to wait until 2016.”
    [Translated from the Chinese]

  32. Meghan says:

    “If we just put our heads together like this, we will soon devise a plan clever enough to rid us of them for good this time.”

  33. Eleanore Rhodes says:

    How many days ’til Christmas?

  34. Melissa says:

    “There’s always next year.” “Yeah, I guess you’re right.”

  35. Laura T. says:

    “You’re probably right,he hasn’t moved in a long while.

  36. JoAnne says:

    Why can’t Mom and Dad just say “Good Night” and leave?

  37. Matt says:

    “The Cubs are never gonna win the World Series, are they?” “Nope.”

  38. al says:

    Wow… Maybe I should have stopped after that third shot of tequila.

  39. landa says:

    “Can we go now? My chin is getting itchy.”

  40. HATICE says:

    “Ya think that humans can separate our heads, now that they’ve done it successfully with humans?”

    “Yep, I thinks so, there is no need to evolve for this!”

  41. claire b says:

    the usual.
    double cappuchino, for here.

  42. rachel says:

    where’s Ross?

  43. james says:

    I told you my head would not fit in your ear

  44. Pepper says:

    Seriously Albert, if I had known the hanging chad would have become such the big deal, well, we simply wouldn’t have gone there!!!

  45. desire taylor says:

    Monkey #1 Ever since Cocoa lost those 2 pounds from her belly, she’s been nothing but a show-off.
    Monkey #2 Amen. Imagine, wearing white lily garlands this late in the season.

  46. Debra says:

    Thank a monkey. We broke the evolutionary code so you don’t have to.

  47. J Asbury Toledo OH says:

    SHUSH !!! We`re watching PBS !

  48. Brian says:

    “Two heads are better than one…” is a completely different concept, gentlemen.

  49. OGACE says:

    “I hate timeout…”

  50. Janice says:

    “Whata mean ? ….. We ARE smiling !”

  51. Carol Ann Pitner says:

    Playing really tires me out

  52. shelli says:

    was it as good for you as it was for me

  53. Lesley says:

    “I love this show! I had no idea that humans could be so interesting.”
    “Shush, it’s just getting interesting.”

  54. Ashley says:

    “You smell that?”

  55. trixx says:

    how’s the day??

  56. madhu says:

    Now will you stop crying and let me watch this program a little peacefully? I told you they are not going to sent you to connecticut.

  57. Linda says:

    Monkey see, monkey do!

  58. lulu says:

    hey why does your foot get to be in the picture its so obvious my foot is better

  59. Avarie says:

    those monkeys are cutter the some people i know

  60. maria says:

    Oh, it’s you again? Don’t you have some lions to stalk or something?

  61. Sridhar Ramakrishnan says:

    Lets see which of us can resemble Mr. George Bush better !

  62. Sterry says:

    Darn, it’s the paparazzi again. They’re ruining our lives!

  63. joe says:

    why do I always get stuck by the butt? your the baby

  64. R. b says:

    ahhhhh monkey rest…so goood…dang dude…why is that girl monkey over there so hot?

  65. bunny says:

    Sorry God we give up! We can’t help save this planet earth from the humans monkeying with it!

  66. Azure Malbone says:

    Unemployment is a drag.

  67. Deborah Liberatore says:

    We need health insurance too.

  68. Erika says:

    Play hard. Rest. Repeat! ;)

  69. Rachel says:

    ” We’re melting! We’re MELTING! MEH-EH-LLL-TIIING!!! “

  70. Heather says:

    …maybe if we put our heads together…hey! what’s going on in there?

  71. Edwin says:

    ” Capuchins, the graduates of the animal kingdom”

  72. Ruth Knox says:

    “If one more person asks if we’re twins, I’m gonna scream!”

  73. Phillip Lemons says:

    Mother always liked you best!

  74. Lori Reed says:

    Mom, when you are done grooming the baby would you check out our heads? I think we found some tree sap the hard way …

  75. Blah says:

    I hate when dad tries to impress us with his home cuisine

  76. Wallinski says:

    Monkey on Right: “Ugh, what a day! I’m pooped!
    Monkey on left: ” Hey Andy, check out that hot babe over there! Wooowee!”

  77. Roy Wilson says:

    Another successful e-Harmony match.

  78. brian s says:

    Aw!!! How cute!!!

  79. Janet says:

    This is the most comfortable tree in the WORLD!

  80. Jenny says:

    Ooooh (burp), I pigged out. You, too?

  81. Randi says:

    Monkey on viewers’ right:
    Whad’ya suppose they’re thinking about?

    Monkey on viewers’ left:
    Thinking? THOSE dumb animals?

  82. Katherine says:

    “Ooh, even with a helmet, that gotta hurt.”

  83. Sam Holcombe says:

    Okay Binkie, we’ve put our heads together; so why can’t we still not figure out how to open that whatchamacallit?

  84. Jmmy says:

    Its no fun being this good Lookin!!

  85. Jim says:

    Think we should tell the zebra about the lion in the bush
    Na, better him than us.

  86. Mariel says:

    yeah yeah yeah, take the darn picture already! now move it along…..

  87. LilBastiid says:

    That’s no exactly what I had in mind when you said your neighbor was a Cougar

  88. Nikki says:

    hmmm…what should we do today?

  89. aynzan says:

    How long have we got to wait for the Tooth Fairy to say ‘Cheese’?

  90. haley says:

    that a cute picccc

  91. Mary says:

    Monkey 1 : “she hasnt got it that Lion arent into touch football yet huh?”
    Monkey 2 : “shh! you’re running the plot!”

  92. Siddhartha says:

    I just emailed this picture to my daughter telling her daddy on left and his loving lazy daughter to his right…Ha…Ha.

  93. SP says:

    Boy friend tells his girlfriend, “Lets not get out from the bed today, lets stay home until we overcome this hang over, I guess we had way too many drinks last night”.

  94. SRP says:

    They look depressed, may be husband lost his job, and both are thinking how they are going to survive in this recession, and how they are going to pay incoming bills?

  95. thegirlthatleftacomment says:

    thsi is the life

  96. JL says:

    Are we there yet?

  97. Lauryn says:

    1: “what do you want to do today?”
    2: “I dunno, what do you want to do today?”
    3: *sigh* I don’t know.

  98. susan says:

    can you believe school starts tomorrow?

  99. Eric says:

    Oh Honey, the kids are beautiful!

  100. Donald R. says:

    “They said this show would be funny….??”

  101. Heather says:

    I’m so tired of the paparrazi.

  102. Janet Chafe says:

    Can you see any evil?

    Nope. Do you hear any evil?

    Nope. So I guess we should turn on the television.

  103. Celina (Brasil) says:

    - night, Dad
    - night, Son…

  104. Deonna says:

    “Alan…… It’s watchin us…”

  105. Debra C Holley says:

    Back to school and they worked us so hard to make up those missed days from all that bad weather. I’m exhausted!
    Yeah finally all sun and no rain and I’m just to tired to play. What a BUMMER!!!!!

  106. Mary McCord says:

    “It’s your turn to go get the fruit, I got it last time.”
    “I can’t. I just feel too lazy today.”

  107. prakash says:

    let me pause first, to update in facebook

  108. ENYA says:

    “….I’m burnt out on the poo flinging already.”

  109. Catherine H says:

    NOW WHAT?? are we supposed to do with those Red Sox Play-Off tickets our friends gave us?? Excellent seats, too–of course!
    OH MAN……

    We can always blame it on that Rain Delay!

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