A (kind of) Monkey's Fist

[Chris Bennett]

The Monkey's Fist is a type of knot.
Here's how you tie it:

There's a monkey in Blackpool zoo that clearly hasn't seen the above diagram.

 

[Pete Askew]

Brilliant. Lobe the connection and the shadow in the image as well. A fabulous detail, captured.

 

[Chris Bennett]

Thanks Pete.

 

[Prashant Gandhi]

Thanks for sharing the trick!

 

[Chris Bennett]

Heh-heh!

 

[Chris Bennett]

Here's the image the above crop was taken from...

 

[Pete Askew]

A cute picture too.

 

[Dave Farnes]

A fine image! The rope and wood give it an almost nautical look; could be a gunport on an old wooden ship rather than a zoo.

 

[Chris Bennett]

Thanks.
Now, I would never have thought about gun-ports for myself, but now that you mention it - gosh, blimey yes!
I was attracted by the shadow (as noted above by Pete) when I first saw the image and it was that which made me think of the knot.
...but ships and knots are so closely attached to each other.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Man, I did a double take on that first image!

 

[Pete Askew]

I too thought it was a boat from the crop, Chris.

 

[Roshni Patel]

Haha! Nice one Chris!