#primatekin

[w3r3wolfboyfri3nd]

"Humans aren't special, they're just apes that got lucky and made fire."

Just apes? Fuck you, apes and all primates are cool as shit. The intelligence that primates display is fucking awesome to witness, and that includes humans. The stereotype of apes being nothing but violent monsters is absurd and immature. Shove your misanthropy and primate-hating up your tail hole.

[mechanical-sunchild]

It's almost Halloween! Post a picture of your theriotype (if you can) enjoying some pumpkin or being spooky!

I'll go first;

(Picture from Rosamond Gifford Zoo)

[canines-crown]

Alterhuman because I'm an animal, but also alterhuman because I literally experience being human differently

Like... I'm a human. The animal. I'm a primate.

I wanna sit around a fire with other humans. I wanna climb trees. I wanna go eat fruit! I wanna chase after a heard of deer!!

I don't mind my human body at all! I love how I can just grab things! I love how absurdly strong my jaws are! I love how I evolved to run and run and run and never stop!!

I don't mind being human! I just hate the society I'm trapped in.

[tarpitbell]

10:09

Honestly? Also should've known I. That like I was also a primate therian. There are so many signs of it

- Childhood: I would climb trees. I would sunbath in the sun whenever I was comfortable, and even did it on trees (and tbh things that reminded me of the trees? A bleacher yk)

- relating to a few monkey facts with my twin (also primate therian!)

- Liking that Humans are like. Basically cousins to Apes & Monkeys (bone structure, way we are, etc)

And I think more. But those are the main ones. I honestly should've known like. Earlier but hey! 'least I now know

[goddamnitlopori]

The Troop

https://discord.gg/6EBpnDn4

Made a serverrrr. Aimed at primate therians (or questioning!) as well as -hearted and any other adjacent thing. Anything from aye ayes to denisovans are welcome. I thought it might be fun :3 I've modded similar servers in the past and those were fun while everyone was active.

We're rather spread out as it stands, but certainly around, I keep a mental note aha. The server is still rather basic, a few basic channels, but we can build upon it over time if this little experiment works out ^.^

[werewolfboyfrfr]

guess who figured out theyre a ring-tailed lemur therian!!

I've always had a thing for climbing trees, and felt a few tail shifts here and there that were awkwardly long. and just a general thing with primates. turns out, i am one, and more specifically, a lemur.

is it just me who feels a bit more comfortable with labels? knowing what i am? because the moment i found out i was instantly relieved. anyways, thanks for reading my rambling.

this blog is mostly for my canine side! ill be making my main blog a lemur blog :3

[wendi-bnkywuv]

Reasonable/rational misanthropy? UPDATED

I'll keep the original text up to show my original thoughts, but I thought I'd update this after giving it time.

I say misanthrope in a very broad sense. It's not so much humanity I hate as much as it is just the sole nature of being. I am probably not alone in this idea. I use misanthrope because that is what I've been lead to believe it means. According to dictionary.com it means "hatred, dislike, or distrust of humankind".

Since humans can be forced to do things that are vile under threats, brainwashing, cultural upbringing, myself included, THAT is where "misanthropy" came from. According to the definitions provided on the internet, that was the phrase that best fit, but in reality, it's a dislike for how nature of evolution works in general that I disapprove of, and it's not just limited to humans.

Now to the original text.

So I've been going back and fourth on my calling myself a misanthrope. I DO NOT LIKE THIS LABEL!!!! I don't hate ALL humans, nor all of humanity.

I love my human father. I love my counselor. I love my niece. I love my nephews.

I hate CERTAIN humans. I hate certain ASPECTS of human nature. If a nonhuman animal emulates something that I find distasteful in humans, I do not hate that animal or species, but I do hate the fact that it reminds me of the cruelties of so many humans I've been forced to endure. Thus, I hate the aspect, but not the animal.

Basically, I see myself as a victim of animal abuse. I am an animal. An animal human. A human animal. An animal that was forced to see itself as human. A primate. A great ape.

It's natural for animals raised improperly by their own species to latch on to other species for support and belonging. Other primates will bond with humans if they were neglected or abandoned by their own species. Cats too, and dogs as well. This isn't just a human thing. Many social animals do this very same thing. It's a social mechanism for survival.

Upon doing some thinking, I realized something. My maternal unit would (and STILL does) scream at me for saying that I'm not human, or not human in the same way she wants me to be. She gave me misanthropic thought patterns by generalizing the word "human" to make me see myself as one, and needing to stop being my version of human.

This gave me a very bleak and distorted view of what humanity is. I am a very strange human indeed. I had to learn to view myself as human, and had to learn to care about being a stereotypical human, and through highly traumatic means.

Dehumanization lead me to think that in order to be what I am, I MUST be something nonhuman, right? Maybe I'm more human instead, so why don't I feel more than human? I HAVE TO BE nonhuman! If I was nonhuman she wouldn't be giving me shit for any of this...ah ha! That explains EVERYTHING! I am not human! I am a mutant monkey! A mutant ape! A mutant suminia...and of course I'm not my paranthrotype with all of it's abilities! I AM A MUTANT VERSION OF THEM DUE TO MY BEING A PRIMATE, A HUMAN! YES! THIS IS IT!!!!!

If my imaginary species were classified as humans, I'd be all for it, embracing every single fucking aspect of humanity! If bonobos were considered humans, again, I'd fucking LOVE that! If my imaginary creatures were what humanity would evolve into, again....FUCKING WIN!!!! If humans were not doing all of the nasty vile things they do, I'd love ALL of humanity. I'm just MUCH more prone to notice the bad instead of the good due to my trauma and forced generalization.

[monkeymelting]

the energy i’m trying to bring into the new year

[isaacthebison]

I saw people making some cute collages and wanted to try :3

[rotting-brains]

ive known for a while one of my theriotypes was a primate of some kind, but thanks to a kind and very informed stranger on the r/therian subreddit, i can confidently say i used to be a muriqui, or a wooly spider monkey, and im very happy to have discovered a new part of my spirituality and alter human identity

me irl if you even care^

[citizenoftmrrwlnd]

PRIDE care kit for : a chimpanzee with ace pride themes a fixed request for @avocadofire (apologies for the first time!!!)

x | x | x x | - | x x | x | x

[mechanical-sunchild]

My partner bought me these sleeves!

Golden lion tamarin euphoria+Wolfman euphoria I don't even care about exact colouring at this point I just need to be FURRY.

[canines-crown]

"Nonhuman" not because I don't identify as human in the slightest, but rather because I don't identify as the kind of human you're expected to be nowadays

Ooga booga caveman time‼️‼️‼️‼️

[tarpitbell]

9:13

Oh yeah also one of those mutuals like .came up with a combined term of like. Dog, cat and monkey for me .......

[trikeyote]

I take a deep breathe. Inhale - Exhale. The air smells different to what I'm used to. It's similar but by far not the same. I feel my ears twitching again. Are they real? Those sounds? I can't tell. Inside me a confusion as big and unexplainable as the galaxy keeps spreading. I always felt like I was off here. For so many years I was looking into animals extant and extinct. But nothing ever felt so correct. The ape, chimpanzee, that's what I thought. And it feels okay but I'm not quite there. What now? What if I'm from another planet? Primate like but not of something we as humans know. Would that be possible? It would be.

There are many things speaking for that. For once my feelings which I mentioned roughly. Secondly, since young age, sometime when I was at school, I felt like having three fingers was the truth and hid two other fingers. This feeling never vanished but left me confused since. I seem to use the knuckle walk hand position to support my body if I lean over something. And yet I feel twitching ears and a tail. Those made me think I was a fae, shapshifter or a polykin for a long time. Thirdly, are my memories odd ... very odd. Those nature pics look a bit like on earth but yet it doesn't. I thought those were prehistoric plants and landscapes but the more I think about it, the more I question if those are from planet Earth at all. In addition to those, I make so many weird sounds. Clicking, squeaking, macaw like caws, ooh ooh ah ah and those of no known origin.

So, am I an alien? Am I a primate of another planet? What do others think, if I tell them those? Would my vibes even fit this assumption?

[gibb0nz]

Intro !

﹑⟡ 　　﹒ 　 Layla　﹒◞　 ⤷　　🐛　　she ⠀　﹒ 　⠀any　✧˖°. ✦　　౨౿　I am a therian ! <3　﹒ 　︵︵ ⊹ ࣪ ˖ 　﹒ 　I am a lar gibbon, and a chimpanzee :3　𓏹ㅤ

﹑　 ཀ 　　﹒ 　i really like apes and primates :3　　♰ ⤷　　✙　　i want therian freindssss especially other primates !