I hope somewhere there’s someone who smiles when they see you the way Xing Xing does when she sees strawberries

Mar 25, 2026 8:42 AM

KalliJ

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Xing Xing is a Tibetan Macaque who lives near Yanghu Temple, China.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xing_Xing

Packaging, those strawberries need much more packaging.
No flowers, ribbons, pot pourri, gold, frankincense or myrrh.
They haven't even tried, it's an insult, utterly unforgivable.

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#3 baked AF

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Those cheeky little eyes

1 day ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

These macaque monkeys' facial expression never fail to crack me up hahaha. They come across as very goofy creatures (even if they are not).

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Despite the plastic this guy has my heart

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They missed the chance to wrap each strawberry in platic on top of the other layers. /s

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We can’t have plastic straws but they’re triple packaging their strawberries in two layers of plastic and a layer of cardboard.

1 day ago | Likes 20 Dislikes 1

She's bearring her teeth because she nervous but also knows strawberries are coming.

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Macaques have different smiles for different reasons. They can signal submissiveness, or fear / defensiveness, but also friendly intentions. And this particular Tibetan macaque has lived among humans for 18 years after losing an arm in a boar trap. I'm sure at this point she has learned to read and imitate human expressions to some extent. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xing_Xing

1 day ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

Had to upvote all the packaging comments, but

1 day ago | Likes 19 Dislikes 1

Can I even afford to look at those strawberries?

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That animal is not comfortable. You can see a couple fear grimaces (people mistake them for smiles) and the way the eyes are darting around suggests discomfort

4 hours ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Eat the whole damn berry, princess!

1 day ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

Goddammit, thank you OP! Brightened the hell out of my day :)

1 day ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

I thought Xing Xing would just put the Whole Strawberry into her mouth, so well mannered ,
A Lady

1 day ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

So precious!

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Who the fuck packs strawberries like that?

21 hours ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

It's not like they couldn't have done away with all the wrapping before opening the box. Nah, that's pure content. We're all here for the plastic box ASMR, right?

22 hours ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

This is going to be the nicest thing I see today.

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I bet he got a second date

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/gallery/yPM7Glf
I know the feeling

23 hours ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Buddy's missing an arm? Sad face.

1 day ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Shit. That's one cute monkee

1 day ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

It isn't difficult to grow a strawberry patch.

1 day ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

It's remarkably easy. Keeping the snails and birds away is the hard part.

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Touch monkey...eat strawberry with same hand after....

1 day ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Somebody call that guy that does voice overs of animals eating

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She’s adorable.

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Yes, let us glorify the morbidly obese monkey.

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Have you thought about a future as a Conservative? You seem eminently qualified.

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macaque females weigh 9 to 13 kg and measure 49 to 63 cm tall for normal height. while xing xing is very popular cause she lost an arm and has trouble caring for herself. she roams the tourist areas for food and there are signs about what to and not to give her including a small station that sells some of these. while shes not overweight she is accustomed to the care people provide that she unlike other monkeys there doesn't cause much trouble or fuss

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And her plastic encased produce

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Why is she so fat tho or is it fur?

1 day ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Tibetan macaques are a fluffy lot and look chubbier than they are, but this one is definitely overweight.

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Smiling is an aggressive gesture with monkeys

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I thought it could also be submissive, depending on the intensity of the smile. Dogs can also have a "submissive smile", but I'm not an animal expert.

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Varies between species, and they all have a variety of different "smiles". What you're referring to is the so-called fear grimace or fear grin of many primate species, which is not the same as this sociable macaque smile. Their range of facial expressions is as large as ours.

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I'm sure they learn. "Smiling" is aggressive in dogs but they can learn to do it for treats

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Is show teeth, can be aggressive, usually means 'i can chomp if needed, beware' but also primates (Dogs cats, most mammals actually) can learn that if a certain 'thing' does the smiles and does not hurt you, they learn the expression does not mean threat. (But yes, this is generally how it is for most all primates in wilds, esp them who have never had contact with humans, show teeth, = threat)

1 day ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

that's an insane amount of trash for a couple of strawberries

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Sadly that's a normal thing in East Asia. Metric ton of plastic packaging for seemingly everything.

1 day ago | Likes 6 Dislikes 0

I was just kinda thinking about the luxury we have of not having to package our strawberries like this because we can just walk outside and grab strawberries, and there are people living in regions or climates that they don't grow well or at all. I just kinda randomly one day found blackberries growing wild right next to my driveway.

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Right? They're practically individually wrapped and they're not even chocolate dipped so I'm kind of just wondering why. I saw something about a strawberry that's like $40 for one. Streamer I follow bought one and split it with his mom. They were like it's good but it's just a strawberry. 😂

23 hours ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

IWait till you see the packaging for spam intended to be given as a gift.

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That's Asia for you. Not happy? Go dig them out the ground yourself.

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Strawberries grow above ground, though…

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Here in Germany, they usually come in a thick cardboard box without a lid so you can inspect them, but there's no plastic trash.

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LUGJURY

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Bet they taste like shit

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23 hours ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

In Japan, fruit is often a luxury item in luxury packaging. You can give it as a gift

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is the plastic they use at least recycled? (IE not like us westerners do, stamp 'recyclable' on everything and call it a day, even if it all ends up at the landfill anyways)

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Since the most common plastic recycling scheme in the US is to ship it to China so they can put it in their landfills instead, I'm gonna guess not

1 day ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

... I hate humans :(

22 hours ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

China did a great deal with recycling. The issue with it ending up in landfills is the US routinely breaking trade agreements and shipping materials that aren't actually recyclable mixed in.

In 2018, China actually stopped importing plastics because of this because it was becoming a huge environmental concern.

The US now just ships it to other poor nations.

21 hours ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

She lives in China

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Japan is just little china

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Imgur is complaining rightly about racism the whole time and tries to be a better place for humans in general and you drop something so insensitive?
Shame on you

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Oh, let me pop some popcorn, and settle into my chair.

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That's Taiwan.

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gesundheit

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I feel like every Japanese and Chinese person wants to cut you right now...

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Nah, China is probably creaming themselves at the thought.

1 day ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

To be fair they have had a lot of cultural exchange for better or worse over the centuries and have pretty extreme bias about it someone on the outside wouldn't. But yeah this is a good way to get cut, I wouldn't say it in a group of unidentified Asians for any fucking money.

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One with a katana and the other with jian?

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