Macaque attack! Chinese martial artist gets into a fight with some APEs after trying to pet a wild animal

That’s when a kung fu expert takes on a bared-toothed monkey in what looks like serious gorilla warfare.

The man, identified as a freelancer Mr. Xie, tackled a fiery Tibetan macaque while visiting Mount Emei in southwest China’s Sichuan province.

Photos of their scrap infuriated some social media users, who said he should have stayed further away from the wild animal.

Others who visited the mountain thought it was a fitting reward for monkeys, who are notorious for robbing tourists of their food.

The argument started when Mr. Xie tried to pet one of the macaques.

The man, identified as a freelancer Mr. Xie, tackled a fiery Tibetan macaque while visiting Mount Emei in southwest China’s Sichuan province.

In the video, when he touches the monkey, he attacks and responds with a punch, leaning over the railing to throw more punches.

As he turns around, another macaque rushes in to defend his friend, and Mr. Xei blasted it away with a flurry of air blasts.

Tourists looked on in apparent disbelief as they filmed the strange martial arts fight and later shared the footage on social media.

Tourists watched in apparent disbelief as they filmed the strange martial arts fight and later shared the footage on social media

A few days later, in response to the online attention, Mr Xie also posted images of the rubbish on Douyin – the Chinese equivalent of TikTok.

He said he was practicing free fighting, and when the monkey sneaked a punch, it swung back like a reflex.

He said: “Of course I held back. After all, they are protected animals. I have to let her go, I just wanted to scare her away.

“Sure, such behavior is absolutely wrong, so please don’t imitate.”

Mr. Xie said that he practiced free fighting, and when the monkey secretly hit, like a reflex, he waved back

Officials urged the public to keep their distance from the monkeys.

Douyin user Baba wrote: “After all these years, someone finally stood up to the monkeys.”

Another user wrote: “He did things that countless people have wanted to do but are afraid to do.”