--- title: Viral Video: Monkey Disturbs Cat Trying to Nap description: Unrequited love in the animal kingdom canonical: https://time.com/3404694/monkey-cat-video/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-09-19T20:55:45.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:13:20.757Z og:title: WATCH: Monkey Is Completely Obsessed With a Poor Cat That's Just Trying to Nap og:description: Unrequited love in the animal kingdom og:url: https://time.com/3404694/monkey-cat-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7e88c1d32e526a82/6986a47b35ba6f6fc3c03ed9/126292861.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: cat and monkey og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: WATCH: Monkey Is Completely Obsessed With a Poor Cat That's Just Trying to Nap twitter:description: Unrequited love in the animal kingdom twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7e88c1d32e526a82/6986a47b35ba6f6fc3c03ed9/126292861.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Monkey Is Completely Obsessed With Poor Cat That's Just Trying to Nap by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Sep 19, 2014 8:55 PM UTC  a captive monkey pulls a kitten's ears at a farmer's property near bias city a captive monkey pulls a kitten's ears at a farmer's property near bias cityGetty Images by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Sep 19, 2014 8:55 PM UTC Animals friendships are a beautiful thing — but they’re often rather one-sided, as we’ve learned from this video, [shared ](https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=704032759679088)on the popular science Facebook page [Biologia Total](https://www.facebook.com/biologiajubilut?fref=photo). Watch as a very aggressive monkey disturbs a cat who’s just trying to catch some Z’s. This video highlights both immense persistence and immense patience. As the original post says (in Portuguese), cultivating patience is essential. This cat knows. **MORE:** [This Owl and Cat Have a Beautiful Friendship](http://time.com/3386946/owl-cat-video/) **MORE:** [Watch a Cat Ruin a Game of Mini Golf for Everyone](http://time.com/3403707/cat-mini-golf-video/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3404694/monkey-cat-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3404694/monkey-cat-video/"},"headline":"Monkey Is Completely Obsessed With Poor Cat That's Just Trying to Nap","datePublished":"2014-09-19T20:55:45.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:13:20.757Z","description":"Unrequited love in the animal kingdom","url":"https://time.com/3404694/monkey-cat-video/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","viral","cat","monkey"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7e88c1d32e526a82/6986a47b35ba6f6fc3c03ed9/126292861.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7e88c1d32e526a82/6986a47b35ba6f6fc3c03ed9/126292861.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"cat and monkey","caption":"126292861","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3404694/monkey-cat-video/","name":"Monkey Is Completely Obsessed With Poor Cat That's Just Trying to Nap"}}]}] ```