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Family attacked by monkeys on a beach in Thailand: father defends young son

The misadventure of a couple of Australian influencers

28/03/2023

In a video posted on the family's YouTube channel, Riley Whitelum and Elayna Carausu, a couple of Australian influencers who have been sailing the world for years, documented the misadventure that happened to them on a beach in the Ko Phi Phi Islands, famous for the presence of monkeys.

And the monkeys arrived pointing towards the bags placed by the family on the shoal and which, as the couple specifies in the video, did not contain food. The father first tried to remove the animals and then, when the monkeys reacted by going towards the youngest son, he lifted him up taking him in his arms to protect him. Riley Whitelum found himself surrounded and engaged in a fight with the animals and was injured.

The video, relaunched several times by the couple on social media, was widely shared and aroused an avalanche of comments so much so that the influencer a few days later published a reel to respond to the criticism received from users.