List of 60 Funny Puns and Jokes about Monkeys

A selection of monkey, apes and gorilla related puns and jokes. Perfect whether you're monkeying around trying to make somebody laugh or perhaps for a related instagram caption!

Monkey related Puns

1. Why are monkeys good at baseball? Because they’re great at swinging!
   
2. How do monkeys listen to music? On their ape-ods!
3. Why did the monkey fail his exam? He was too busy monkeying around!
4. Did learn all the letters today? From Ape to Chimpanzees?
5. Why did the banana split? It saw a monkey coming.
6. What do monkeys call their best friends? Their prime mates.
7. What do you call a flying monkey? A hot air baboon.
8. Where do monkeys get their gossip? On the ape vine.
9. What do you call an angry monkey? Furious George.
10. What do monkeys sing at Christmas? Jungle Bells.
11. That monkey’s painting? It’s quite the abstract act.
12. Where do monkeys go to grab a beer? The monkey bars!
    
13. What do you call a monkey in a tree? A branch manager!
14. If there were no bananas, what fruit would monkeys choose? Ape-ricots.
15. Why did the monkey take its banana to the doctors? It wasn’t peeling good.
16. What do you call a little monkey? A chimp off the old block.
17. What kind of a key opens a banana? A mon-key
18. The lead singer monkey always goes bananas during his performance.
19. How do monkeys get down the stairs? They slide down the banana-ster!
20. What do you call a monkey who loves honey? A bee-nana!

Punny sayings & phrases

These monkey related sayings are great for Instagram captions, seasonal messages and more.

21. Just hang in there, you'll love this!
    
22. I'm going to swing by later.
23. That idea is bananas, but I love it!
24. I ape-preciate you!
25. Stop monkeying around and get back to work!
26. I'm bananas about that new place; the food is incredible!
27. Going ape over this!
28. Time to swing into action.
29. It's true what they say: monkey see, monkey do.
30. I hope your day was one in a gorillan!
31. Ape-solutely!
32. Good work today. Ape-plus!
    
33. What sort of monkey business did you get up to today?
34. You're driving me bananas with all those questions!
35. A little monkey told me you're great.
36. Swing by anytime for more fun.
37. You're the king kong of my heart!
38. I'm the gorilla your dreams!
39. Did you ape-preciate your lunch today?
40. No more monkeying around!
41. Totally bananas.
42. It's a jungle out there, monkey around wisely!
43. Kong-gratulations you did it!
44. Come on, we need to climb to the top if we want to reach our goals!
45. I'm feeling a little ape-prehensive about this.

Monkey Related Jokes

46. Why do apes have really big nostrils? Because they have really big fingers.
    
47. Why don’t monkeys play cards in the jungle? There are too many cheetahs!
48. How do you catch a monkey? Climb a tree and act like a banana!
49. The monkey couldn’t find his way home after swinging through the jungle because he was lost in de-tails.
50. What do you call a monkey with a banana in each ear? Anything you like—he can't hear you!
51. Why did the monkey break up with his girlfriend? Because she kept telling him he wasn’t her prime mate!
52. Why did the monkey go to the art gallery? To see the ape-stract paintings!
53. What’s the best time of year to see gorillas in the wild? Ape-ril.
54. What does a monkey wear when they are cooking? An ape-ron!
55. What did the monkey say when he caught his tail in the door? It won’t be long now!
56. What do you call a monkey in a minefield? A Ba-boom!
57. Why shouldn’t you fight with a monkey? They use gorilla warfare.
58. Why do monkeys love bananas? Because they have appeal.
59. What’s a monkey’s favorite part of a car? The trunk!
60. What does a monkey lawyer study? The law of the jungle.

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