60 Jokes About Monkeys

Here are 60 funny monkey jokes and monkey puns to crack you up. If you’ve got any of your own clean monkey jokes to share, pop em in the comments below!

Monkey puns

Here are some of our favorite silly monkey puns. They’re great for adults and kids, to be told!

1. If there were no bananas, what fruit would monkeys choose? Ape-ricots.
2. What do monkeys get when they sunbathe? An orange-utan.
3. What’s are monkey’s favorite biscuits? Chocolate chimp cookies.
4. How do you get an escaped lion back into its habitat? You use a bargaining chimp.
5. What do you call a monkey that breaks the law? A crimeate.

6. How did the gorilla know she was sick? She had a belly ape.
7. Why did the Gorilla fail its exam? He didn’t have the ape-titude.
8. How do you stop an ape from charging? Get his credit card.
9. How did the chimpanzees escape from the zoo? With a monkey wrench.
10. What do you call someone who takes care of baby monkeys? A bananny.

11. Why did the thieves kidnap the monkey? Because they believed in gibbon take.
12. There are two monkeys on a tree and one jumps off. Why does the other monkey jump too? Monkey see, monkey do.
13. Why did the gorilla cross the road? She had to take care of some monkey business.
14. What’s the best time of year to see gorillas in the wild? Ape-ril.
15. How do you get a one-armed monkey out of a tree? Wave to it.

16. Two monkeys run a bath. One says, “ooh ooh ooh ah ah ah. The other says, “put some cold water in it.
17. What’s a monkey’s favorite kind of computer? An Ape-le mac.
18. What happens when you double cross a monkey? They go bananas.
19. What’s a monkey’s favorite teacher at Hogwarts? Professor Sn-ape.
20. What do you call a Chimpanzee that works in a bar? A monkey wench.

21. What do you call a monkey that’s in charge of its tree? A Branch Manager.
22. What do you call an angry monkey that loves fruit? Grr-ape.
23. What’s a monkey’s favorite game? Hangman.
24. What do you call a monkey who works in a call center? A who-rang-utang.
25. What’s invisible and smells like bananas? A fart of a monkey.

26. What do you call an angry monkey? Furious George.
27. Do monkeys like bananas? Ape-solutley.
28. What do you call an easily scared monkey? A chimp-pansy.
29. What’s a chimp’s favorite baked good? Banana bread.
30. What’s white and swings through the trees? A meranguetan.

31. Where should a monkey go if she loses her tail? To a re-tail-er.
32. What kind of key unlocks a banana? A monkey.
33. What do you call a monkey in a minefield? Baboom.
34. What do you call a monkey with a wand and a broomstick? Hairy Potter.
35. What’s kind of monkey will liven up a party? A funk-key.

36. What do you call a man who can jump from tree to tree? A monkey’s uncle.
37. What is a monkey’s favorite ballet move? The banana split.
38. Why did the monkey cross the road? Because the chicken had the day off.
39. Why did King Kong climb the Empire State building? Because he couldn’t fit in the lift.
40. If a monkey has 30 bananas in one hand and 40 bananas in the other hand, what does he have? Huge hands.

41. What did the baboon win at the beauty contest? She won beast of show.
42. How do you catch a monkey? Climb a tree and act like a banana.
43. What sort of monkeys feel unwell? Gor-ill-as.
44. What kind of underwear do monkeys wear? Chimpantsies.
45. What do monkey lawyers study? The law of the jungle.

46. What should you do if you find a gorilla sitting at your school desk? Sit somewhere else.
47. What do monkeys do for laughs? They tell jokes about people.
48. What d’you call a monkey with a banana in each ear? Anything you like, it won’t be able to hear you.
49. What did the monkey say after his tail got caught in the lawnmower? Won’t be long now.
50. Why are baboons considered the life of the party? Because they’re more fun than a barrel of monkeys.

Best monkey jokes

These next funny monkey puns are some of our best jokes and puns about monkeys!

51. Where do baby monkeys sleep? In ape-ri-cots.
52. What do you call a monkey flying in the sky? A hot air baboon.
53. What type of monkey should have eight legs? A spider monkey.
54. How do monkeys get down the stairs? They slide down the banana-ster.
55. What’s a monkey’s favorite drink? Chimpan-tea.

56. How do you make toast in the jungle? Put it under a Grilla.
57. Where do monkeys go to get their fast food? Burger Kong.
58. What kind of monkey likes seafood? A shrimpanzee.
59. What do you call a monkey who can’t keep a secret? A blab-boon.
60. What’s the difference between a poorly dressed monkey on a tricycle and a well-dressed monkey on a bicycle? Attire.

Final thoughts

After reading through all these monkey jokes we hope you had a good laugh.

If you want to hear more funny animal jokes, then check out these other great lists of funny jokes:

• Bee jokes
• Jokes about dolphins
• Dinosaur jokes for kids
• Funny dog puns