{"id":702979,"date":"2026-06-14T05:09:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T05:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/702979\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T05:09:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T05:09:08","slug":"have-you-seen-this-monkeys-unleash-a-flurry-of-flying-kicks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/702979\/","title":{"rendered":"Have You Seen This? Monkeys unleash a flurry of flying kicks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THE TRAIN STATION \u2014 How do monkeys stay so limber and graceful? How are they able to leap from tree to tree, making it all look so easy?<\/p>\n<p>Turns out, they have a strict workout that keeps them in tip-top shape. I only know this because I saw a video of monkeys training in Sri Lanka. Using nothing but a water tank and their natural athleticism, they&#8217;re able to condition their bodies for anything that the forest might throw at them.<\/p>\n<p>See for yourself in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yLWxQSkfuxQ\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">this little clip<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p class=\"ksl-article-content\">\n<p>According to the video&#8217;s caption, these monkeys were gathered at the Anuradhapura railway station in Sri Lanka. And, the more I think about it, maybe this isn&#8217;t part of some workout routine.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps these monkeys are preparing for an MMA fight. You have to admit that their flying kicks are pretty impressive.<\/p>\n<p>The last option, I suppose, is that monkeys just like to find ways to entertain themselves on a hot summer day. If I were waiting for a train at that station and had these monkeys&#8217; abilities, I&#8217;d probably be doing the exact same thing to help pass the time.<\/p>\n<p>Have You Seen This?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THE TRAIN STATION \u2014 How do monkeys stay so limber and graceful? How are they able to leap&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":702980,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[1147,1302,3811,3812,3103,134,3729,7221,3,3813,3814,79,99,1505,2987,2427,3324,2986,201],"class_list":["post-702979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-animals","tag-cars","tag-classifieds","tag-homes","tag-humor","tag-jobs","tag-local","tag-nature","tag-news","tag-radio","tag-salt-lake","tag-science","tag-sports","tag-television","tag-traffic","tag-travel","tag-utah","tag-weather","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=702979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702979\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/702980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=702979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=702979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=702979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}