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[–]jbrittles 577 points578 points ago

I don't think you understand the word "ape"

[–]bigbabich 535 points536 points ago*

I don't think he understands the word 'sniper'

[–]Guns-Cats-andRonPaul 288 points289 points ago

A sniper is a person, a sniper rifle is that person's rifle. Why does everybody get this wrong?

[–]lumberjackd 235 points236 points ago

And every rifle with a scope isn't a "sniper rifle"

[–]unconventionalspork 138 points139 points ago

But it is a rifle that can be used for sniping.

[–]EverythingIsShopped 374 points375 points ago*

No, no, guys we've got it all wrong. The ape is out of frame, this is his professional Baboon hitman, complete with signature rifle. In this particular shot the Bassassin is fulfilling a contract for his employer (Ape), Thus he is the Ape's Sniper.

That should clear things up.

[–]paradox14 2 points3 points ago

PERFECT GIF!

[–]USMCsniper 10 points11 points ago

I can confirm that this is how apes usually outsource their sniping.

[–]redditvlli 21 points22 points ago

Also that baboon is dead.

[–]EverythingIsShopped 46 points47 points ago

Actually, an expert Bassassin can enter a meditative trance, reducing their heart rate to a mere three beats per minute. This allows them to wait patiently for weeks at a time and avoid capture by feigning death. That's why the Baboon on the grassy knoll was not implicated in the Kennedy assassination.

The more you know!

[–]mach-2 6 points7 points ago*

Join us again at 9 for the full scope of the latest headlines. . .

Shepard Smith, Fox news.

[–]TheyCallMeTomSawyer 21 points22 points ago

But Call of Duty taught me that a scope makes it a sniper rifle!

ಠ_ಠ

[–]Jamricket 35 points36 points ago

[–]Volopok 11 points12 points ago

Actually according to wikipedia, that is all it takes. Rifle (bolt-action or semi-automatic) + telescopic scope = sniper rifle. No one who knows guns uses sniper rifle as a definition of a gun but rather as a purpose for a gun. For instance a AR-15 type rifle can be formatting for sniping (long rang shooting) or for assault purposes.

[–]PigBenisWielder 4 points5 points ago

No rifle on its own is a sniper rifle. Any rifle w/a trained sniper behind it is a sniper rifle.

[–]AsskickMcGee 2 points3 points ago

This is literally the first time I have ever seen someone call a rifle a "sniper". Where does this confusion happen?

[–]rr_at_reddit -2 points-1 points ago

Not everybody gets this wrong. Just idiots.

[–]ReigninLikeA_MoFo 4 points5 points ago

Or people that do not know English, or English is not their first language. It's ok to make misteakes.

[–]Bob3333 5 points6 points ago

Maybe he just accidentally a word.

[–]Stephen_W_Hawking 23 points24 points ago

I'll take ape tit for 400

[–]Rein10 2 points3 points ago

Ill take Jap Anus Relations for 200

[–]warped_and_bubbling 3 points4 points ago

I'll go with Anal Bum Cover for 300, Alexsh.

[–]saladtossing 46 points47 points ago

As an anthropologist (and someone who take evolution seriously), i fucking HATE it when people call monkeys apes.

[–]HarryBridges 23 points24 points ago

In my experience...

If it's an animal and it's on Reddit, then it's probably misidentified.

A gibbon is a 'monkey'.

A jaguar is a 'leopard'.

A python is an 'anaconda'.

A caiman is an 'alligator'.

A bison is a 'buffalo'.

ETC, ETC., ETC.....

[–]Roody_Poo_Candy_Ass 10 points11 points ago

I thought bison and buffalo were the same thing. They're not?

[–]Architeuthosaurus 15 points16 points ago

Buffalo tends to refer to animals like African cape buffalo, or water buffalo, while Bison refers to the North American bovids, which are classified differently. Using the umbrella term "buffalo" gives a false impression of their relatedness. This is generally why latin names are more efficient.

[–]DogmAttack 15 points16 points ago

But it's not technically incorrect to call a Bison a buffalo. The rest are just wrong.

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[–]Jisaw 11 points12 points ago

You're not paying attention to the historical and cultural meaning of the word. The word "buffalo" is much more widely used to describe the animal in the US, there are hundreds of folk songs calling it a buffalo, there are towns and cities named after them and children are taught from a young age that it is a buffalo. Bison, while the best kind correct, is never going to become mainstream in the US.

[–]Architeuthosaurus 5 points6 points ago

That's totally true. All I'm saying is that, as you pointed out, the term is technically incorrect. But yeah, no way to change it at this point.

[–]rakista 2 points3 points ago

The Latin name is Bison Bison for fuck's sake.

[–]lumberjackd 0 points1 point ago

But it's ok to say buffalo instead of bison...that's like saying you can't call a lollipop candy, candy (buffalo) is a blanket term for a type of something.

[–]HorrendousRex 2 points3 points ago

Bison, while the best kind correct, is never going to become mainstream in the US.

At least in the San Francisco bay area, bison meat is gaining a lot of popularity. We have nearby bison herds, people visit bison ranches, and we eat bison burgers (which are very tasty, btw). So maybe the word 'bison' is getting out there?

[–]grammar_connoisseur 9 points10 points ago

And a circlejerk is a circlejerk.

[–]chadillac83 12 points13 points ago

don't worry sniper kitten is already zoning in on OP for his mis-step.

http://i.imgur.com/Dphpx.jpg

[–]reddit_on_hardmode 179 points180 points ago

"But I couldn't find that picture, so here's a baboon with a sniper rifle"

[–]Zenos 15 points16 points ago

[–]BlackZeppelin 6 points7 points ago

The polar bears in the lightsaber battle were awesome.

[–]timelessdimension 8 points9 points ago

These tigers with lightsabers are far superior.

[–]unclecarb 4 points5 points ago

those words scare some of us

[–]Friid 57 points58 points ago

It's dead...

[–]DoktorStrangelove 27 points28 points ago

Yeah, I'm really surprised nobody else seems to notice this. It's super duper dead, and they obviously posed it, probably after zapping it with that same rifle.

[–]NBAallstar 18 points19 points ago

How can you tell? Genuinely curious.

[–]shmorky 37 points38 points ago

Obvious, it's not eating a banana. Monkeys love bananas

[–]VTJP 8 points9 points ago

Not sure if sarcastic but it is generally common for more rednecky hunters to set up these dumb photo ops with their prey after they kill them. Also I'm just guessing that a baboon wasn't just curious and had good rifle shooting form.

[–]NBAallstar 5 points6 points ago

Totally serious. I figured as much about putting the animal in the pose, just wasn't sure if there were any signs on the baboon of it actually being dead.

Baboon's also strike me as curious animals as well so maybe this was just a one-in-a-million shot. Also, I know jack shit about good shooting form.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

I lived in Nigeria when I was a kid, Baboons are very curious so I could see one going over and looking at a gun but they are also very cautious, they are constantly scanning in every direction for a threat so I would highly doubt that a living baboon would put its self in a vulnerable position like this where it could not see all around it at all time. Super dead. If it was alive it would most likely drag the gun away for closer inspection to make sure it was not food, then it would try to eat it for a little bit, again just to check if it is food.

[–]Geschirrspulmaschine 26 points27 points ago

If you put your eye that close to a rifle scope, you're gonna have a bad time.

[–]dcoxen 8 points9 points ago

Give the monkey a break, he doesn't have a lot of experience.

[–]baxter45 98 points99 points ago

These are the worst comments I've seen in a thread in a long time.

[–]floorface 69 points70 points ago

Excuse me, could you please explain to me the difference between a baboon and an ape?

There are only about 500 explanations in this thread, so I'm not quite clear on the difference.

[–]m0nkeybl1tz 64 points65 points ago

A baboon is an ape with a sniper rifle I believe.

[–]jaybee2 52 points53 points ago

[–]PossiblyTrolling 100 points101 points ago

That's not an ape (PROTIP: Apes don't have tails)

That is a baboon, an 'old world monkey'.

[–]dressedAsDog 20 points21 points ago

Best reply with clarification. All the other ones were too high on their horses to type it.

[–]PossiblyTrolling 2 points3 points ago

Forever at your service.

[–]NrwhlBcnSmrt-ttck 5 points6 points ago

But not all monkeys have tails.*

[–]elguercoterco 9 points10 points ago

[–]TheInquisitorofSouls 7 points8 points ago

My jimmies have been rustled.

[–]dontcallmejames 22 points23 points ago

ape with a rifle?

http://imgur.com/UTCwy

edit:changed img link

[–]LECHEDEMIPALO 2 points3 points ago

[–]Butterlegs 1 point2 points ago

DON'T YOU FUCKING DO IT!

[–]Drunken_Zoologist 133 points134 points ago

It's a baboon you fucking, nematode. Baboons aren't apes.

[–]PossiblyTrolling 59 points60 points ago

Apes don't have tails.

[–]dontcallmejames 75 points76 points ago

apes usually don't have sniper rifles either!

[–]PossiblyTrolling 27 points28 points ago

No, but that monkey does.

[–]feureau 13 points14 points ago

You're thinking of chips. Monkeys has wings.

[–]Squidfish 14 points15 points ago

what?

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[–]870 3 points4 points ago

Sorry, I couldn't hear you, what did you say?

[–]Squidfish 2 points3 points ago

Oh, sorry. I couldn't hear you.

[–]JmeHatesYou 6 points7 points ago

humans are apes so...

[–]dontcallmejames 2 points3 points ago

roger that, sometimes i forget.

[–]RonaldFuckingPaul 29 points30 points ago

dat comma :(

[–]sittingcow 11 points12 points ago

Drunken pause for a hiccup or a vomit scare.

[–]headdownassup 5 points6 points ago

that baboon is going to get scope eye!

[–]patient-zer0 40 points41 points ago

Where are the ape and the sniper? I only see a monkey with a sniper rifle.

[–]killzy707 83 points84 points ago

"Ape" is the guns nickname, the baboon is the sniper. Got it!

[–]saladtossing 14 points15 points ago

This is the best answer in this whole damn thread

[–]lifebinder 5 points6 points ago

okay who gave the monkey a snip-

thump

[–]tronbabylove 7 points8 points ago

Sniper... ape... Snape?

[–]smeaglelovesmaster 5 points6 points ago

[–]wakko_warner 5 points6 points ago

[–]432 5 points6 points ago

AHH GOD FUCKING DAMMIT THIS IS A BABOON NOT AN APE YOURETARD PEICE OF FUCKING SHIT FUCKING SESS POOL OF PORN STAR ASS CUM SANTORUM DRINKING DONKEY FUCKING KNOB CHEESE EATING PIECE OF SHIT GOD FUCKING FUCK FUCK WHY FUCK YOU OH MY FUCKING GOD YOUARE THE WORST PIECE OF SHIT EVER I CANT BELIEVE LIKE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD LIKE YOU EXIST OF GOD OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK

[–]IIdsandsII 0 points1 point ago

ANTE UP BITCHES! SHIT JUST GOT REAL ON R/WTF.

[–]filmfiend999 2 points3 points ago

Snaper

[–]StendhalSyndrome 2 points3 points ago

WTF is the military getting that desperate for new recruits?

[–]yesukai 1 point2 points ago

I only see a monkey with a rifle, no sniper with him... except snipers are supposed to be hidden. Clever!

[–]shitler420 1 point2 points ago

That is not an ape.

[–]Halolamer 1 point2 points ago

Thats a nice enfield

[–]ThatOtherOneGuy 1 point2 points ago

A showdown for the ages

[–]JimJonesIII 1 point2 points ago

rifle.

[–]helicalhell 1 point2 points ago

What's next, a redditor outdoors?

[–]fatSurfer 1 point2 points ago

That baboon is about to be scope kissed.

[–]wideband_assassin 3 points4 points ago

A sporterized Lee-Enfield No.1 .303 with a scope and bipod does not a sniper rifle make...

That's a hunting rifle folks.

[–]BigBoner4Ever 3 points4 points ago

Talk about Guerrilla warfare

[–]kernozlov 2 points3 points ago

fucking drink didnt stay in my mouth... The username made it better.

[–]ChuckCharles420 3 points4 points ago

goddammit! i know it's been said but i'll reiterate: it's a MONKEY not an APE!!! can't you see it's tail!?!?!?!?!?

[–]occasionaltroll 3 points4 points ago

<obligatory "gorilla warfare" joke>

[–]daedaluscapn 4 points5 points ago

It's a rifle, not a fucking "sniper". The chimp is the sniper, the gun is a rifle. Stop playing COD and thinking you know about guns.

[–]daedaluscapn 8 points9 points ago

Baboon*

[–]roboduck 3 points4 points ago

It's a baboon, not a fucking "chimp". The baboon is a monkey, the chimp is an ape. Stop watching "Planet of the Apes" and thinking you know about hominids.

[–]Bilbobut 3 points4 points ago

303 lee enfield no4 sporterized from stock colour beechwood made in lithgow australia in the early sixties re adapted with a scope.... ... To be precise :)

[–]wideband_assassin 11 points12 points ago

Lee-Enfield No.1 Mk.III

Note the rounded stripper clip guide on top and the magazine cut-off on the side. The No.4 had neither of these.

Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee-Enfield

Used to own a No.4

[–]barton100 1 point2 points ago

soon I take it the baboon is dead? if not, they are evolving...

[–]John_Targaryen 0 points1 point ago

My God... What have we done?

[–]Creeping_Dank 0 points1 point ago

You win.

[–]beliefinprogress 0 points1 point ago

This has been my fantasy football picture for a few seasons now. It works great as my team is always displayed on the left side and it looks like I'm sniping the team on the right.

[–]walkerpool 0 points1 point ago

I repeat, we're FUCKED

[–]one_eyed_jack 0 points1 point ago

Gorilla war?

[–]stooge89 0 points1 point ago

New photo released from North Korea

[–]Ultimatekitta 0 points1 point ago

Well reddit I've said dafuq to much today and now this who the hell gave him that

[–]wesinator 0 points1 point ago

That baboon is going to regret it if he pulls the trigger.

[–]marnargulus 0 points1 point ago

Monkey black eye in 3, 2, 1:

[–]Slim_Calhoun 0 points1 point ago

If that monkey fires that rifle, his eye socket's gonna have a bad time. /gunsafety

[–]DoktorStrangelove 3 points4 points ago

Good thing he's already dead, then, or that would hurt...

[–]ymahaguy3388 1 point2 points ago

It's never a good idea to monkey around with guns...

[–]miilits -1 points0 points ago

Must be a from Special Banana Unit.

[–]DarkWhiskas -1 points0 points ago

[–]IHaveNoBeard 0 points1 point ago

Humankind is so fucked..

[–]thedudeltl 0 points1 point ago

Monkey see monkey do... We trained them well?

[–]takesthebiscuit -1 points0 points ago

If it has a tail then it ain't an ape, this is a sniping monkey.

[–]CanadianMooose 0 points1 point ago

Quit monkeying around and take that away from him.

[–]bilo23 0 points1 point ago

this is bad, very very bad.

[–]justmos 1 point2 points ago

fuckin campers...

[–]chingyduster 0 points1 point ago

Where's the sniper? I see an Ape with a gun.

[–]dcoxen 0 points1 point ago

Come on, you apes! You wanna live forever?

[–]thawigga 0 points1 point ago

Gorilla warfare

[–]doismellbacon 0 points1 point ago

soon to be one eyed baboon

[–]this_is_my_9to5 0 points1 point ago

This is hilarious!

[–]dfresh786 0 points1 point ago

why are we arming them?

[–]bobby_bunz 0 points1 point ago

Eagle with the knife is way cooler.

[–]seth11111 0 points1 point ago

You can't raise with something less cool. A monkey, I already know can operate a gun, but a bird wielding a knife!?

[–]josephanthony 0 points1 point ago

The ape got a gun because the eagle had a knife. The dolphins will get bio-weapons next because the cockroaches are building a nuke. - It's a cycle of madness I tells ya!!

[–]narcolepticpathos 0 points1 point ago

Check.

[–]surrealasm_atwork 0 points1 point ago

this is the stuff of nightmares

[–]korpsart 0 points1 point ago

It would be a pretty interesting duel

[–]what_comes_after_q 0 points1 point ago

This reminds me of that viral ad for planet of the apes where there were the guys gave a monkey an automatic rifle. Anyone know if this is also an ad?

[–]JhackOfAllTrades 0 points1 point ago

Looks like he's preparing for... gorilla warfare.

[–]penis-butter -1 points0 points ago

We are so fucked.

[–]DocDerry 0 points1 point ago

This is how it fucking starts. Can we quit weaponizing the god damned dirty apes. They'll bury the Statue of Liberty on a beach and then you will be sorry.

[–]SpaceMagician -1 points0 points ago

KONY 2012!

[–]Redtitwhore 0 points1 point ago*

Betcha that sniper rifle was used to kill that monkey and they posed it's dead body for that picture. Cute.

[–]mkim1030 0 points1 point ago

if you taught a monkey how to hunt using a gun and one day the monkey got mad at you, would it consider shooting you with a gun?

[–]tmotytmoty 0 points1 point ago

.....rifle.

[–]GroundhogExpert 0 points1 point ago

Terrible form, that scope is going right into the eye socket unless he puts the butt on his shoulder and tightens up.

[–]thebigtshow 1 point2 points ago

I came here expecting witty references to Charlton Heston (maybe even some cleverly-used quotes from Hari Rhodes's character in "Conquest") but instead it's all zoology 101.

[–]DrewciferCDXX 1 point2 points ago

That monkey has some lousy trigger discipline.

[–]amolad -1 points0 points ago

Would you call that a "snaper"?

[–]cawaon1 1 point2 points ago

awesome picture! but..

gosh, reddit is full of jerks. it's a baboon with a rifle but a trillion upvoted comments about this is just sad... just because of his bad english?

[–]toolman92 -1 points0 points ago

dear lord...

[–]theholyforeskin 0 points1 point ago

Prepare for the overtaking of the world by your primate overlords.

[–]ofsinope 0 points1 point ago

Either there is peanut butter on the trigger, or I welcome our new baboon overlords.

[–]wimcolgate2 0 points1 point ago

damn you, damn you all to hell.

[–]GiJoeSamo 0 points1 point ago

I find both of them equally cool. Your raise has been voided.

[–]GTjMan1 0 points1 point ago

Nice trump

[–]ojolejano 0 points1 point ago

dude, the eagle was kind a funny, but shit is right down scary

[–]Sarcastyx 0 points1 point ago

This guy doesn't understand the gambling term, the word "ape", or what a sniper rifle is. Downvoted.

[–]Ibrokethosecuffs 0 points1 point ago

Perfect form.

[–]simamishi 0 points1 point ago

Mother of God...they're learning

[–]Treetoshiningtree 0 points1 point ago

Tis not an ape, it is a monkey as it has a tail.

[–]Jentacular 0 points1 point ago

Wait, can someone explain the difference between an ape and a baboon and a sniper and a sniper rifle? I don't think anyone's covered it in the comments yet.

[–]Vash108 0 points1 point ago

If SOCOM/CoD/BF has taught me anything the Eagle with a knife would just fly down and stab the camping sniper who is too busy looking down the scope to notice.

[–]MoeRegard 0 points1 point ago

If that monkey pulls the trigger, he's going to have a bad day.

[–]k1ngmad 0 points1 point ago

if only king kong had one of them

[–]castingsnow 0 points1 point ago

We're officially fucked.

[–]fodrox04 0 points1 point ago

TIL reddit means business when it comes to taxonomy.

[–]Fr4t 0 points1 point ago

He is dead.

[–]Ihazleatherpants 0 points1 point ago

IT SHALL BE A DUEL

[–]superbaconman 1 point2 points ago

DON'T teach animals how to use guns. Dumb fucks will figure out how to kill us all.

[–]sourkroutamen 1 point2 points ago

That ape is about to have a sore eye ಠ_ಠ

[–]Lilkounchry 0 points1 point ago

I hope he doesn't pull that trigger...

[–]tigerbreath 0 points1 point ago

...rifle.

[–]teknocratbob 0 points1 point ago

funny and all but that is one dead ape

[–]arup02 0 points1 point ago

Half of the comments here are correcting the title. Funny and sad.

[–]CornFedHonky 0 points1 point ago

That is a baboon, which has a tail, which means it's a monkey. That is a rifle, not a "sniper". What the hell are they teaching you kids these days?

[–]enzobelmont 1 point2 points ago

Kony is Recruiting now...

[–]Markuss69 1 point2 points ago

Scope bite in 3, 2, 1...

[–]starlexi 1 point2 points ago

Whats next, alligator-throwing gorillas?

[–]manedwolf -1 points0 points ago

Holy shit! Kony's recruiting baboons now?

[–]iaccidentlytheworld 0 points1 point ago

[–]rinsu 0 points1 point ago

That ape is gonna hurt his eye when the shot goes.. poor guy

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

I wasn't aware of a rifle that's called a sniper.

[–]Amopax 0 points1 point ago

Monkey with a hunting rifle. FTFY

[–]Rannelbrad 0 points1 point ago

That is a monkey.

[–]NovusHomoSapiens 0 points1 point ago

That is not an ape. It is a baboon and a baboon is a monkey. None of the apes has tail.

[–]Brainwash666 0 points1 point ago

i hate to be that guy... but "a sniper" is a person. That is a sniper rifle <3

[–]soapsud 0 points1 point ago

this takes gorilla warfare to another level

[–]Twitcher77 -1 points0 points ago

I'm glad I'm not the only one who flipped a bitch over what an "Ape" is.

[–]Teaelle 0 points1 point ago

Is there some back-story to this pic...?

[–]whoduhhelru 0 points1 point ago

Somewhat expected a racist joke here, but pretty glad there wasn't one.