{"id":895287,"date":"2021-10-18T18:59:15","date_gmt":"2021-10-18T22:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=895287"},"modified":"2021-10-18T18:59:17","modified_gmt":"2021-10-18T22:59:17","slug":"monkey-business-enormous-bronze-harambe-statue-appears-on-wall-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/monkey-business-enormous-bronze-harambe-statue-appears-on-wall-street\/","title":{"rendered":"Monkey Business: Enormous Bronze Harambe Statue Appears On Wall Street"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmonkey-business-enormous-bronze-harambe-statue-appears-on-wall-street%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=895287&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>An enormous statue of Harambe appeared in front of Wall Street\u2019s famous Charging Bull statue on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The seven-foot-tall bronze monument commemorating the deceased gorilla \u2014 who was shot dead by Cincinnati Zoo workers on May 28, 2016, after a three-year-old child fell into his exhibit \u2014 was reportedly erected by a social media company.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Someone has placed a massive gorilla and a lot of bananas in front of the Wall Street bull. <\/p>\n<p>We live in wild times. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/b7B4h1kUFV\">pic.twitter.com\/b7B4h1kUFV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pomp \ud83c\udf2a (@APompliano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/APompliano\/status\/1450187205259956227?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 18, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcwashington.com\/news\/national-international\/7-foot-tall-harambe-statue-stares-down-wall-streets-charging-bull-which-is-now-covered-in-bananas\/2836927\/?_osource=SocialFlowTwt_DCBrand\">NBC<\/a> explains:<\/p>\n<p>The giant gorilla was placed in Bowling Green Park, directly across from the famous Charging Bull statue, which was surrounded by 10,000 bananas (that will later be donated to local food banks and community fridges) to make a point about wealth disparity.<\/p>\n<p>The organizers, founders of Sapien.Network, an in-development social networking platform \u201cdedicated to putting the needs and welfare of human beings first\u201d said they put up the display to show that Wall Street has become \u201cbananas\u201d \u2014 wholly out of touch with the needs of everyday people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not about rejecting capitalism or the current system. It\u2019s about revolving them into the current future and letting them empower more groups of people,\u201d Sapien.Network co-founder Robert Giometti told NBC. \u201cThat\u2019s the whole point of this story.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">7-ft. Harambe statue erected in front of Wall Street&#8217;s charging bull.<\/p>\n<p>The in-development social media platform behind the statue says it &#8220;represents the millions of everyday people who struggle under a system that enriches wealthy elites and leaves the average person behind.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3VJBmaxDyK\">pic.twitter.com\/3VJBmaxDyK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Evan McMurry (@evanmcmurry) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/evanmcmurry\/status\/1450155067164827648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 18, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">PHOTOS: Statue of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Harambe?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Harambe<\/a> the gorilla faces off with Wall Street&#8217;s Charging Bull <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jl7wa0ACF2\">https:\/\/t.co\/jl7wa0ACF2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uXOIiC4e3Y\">pic.twitter.com\/uXOIiC4e3Y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 WCBS Newsradio 880 (@wcbs880) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wcbs880\/status\/1450174843463221252?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 18, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHarambe is a representation of something that lets us look at more than just ourselves. What are we aspiring to as people?\u201d he continued. \u201cIt\u2019s about connecting. A simple gesture of giving a banana builds community. As a society, we need to come together. We can\u2019t keep fighting to come together.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Since his controversial death, Harambe has become a cultural icon in the United States. Earlier this year, a photo of the primate was placed on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/rip-harambe-five-years-after-death-photo-of-gorilla-to-be-sold-as-an-nft\">auction<\/a> as a non-fungible token (NFT).<\/p>\n<p>The photo was snapped by Harambe\u2019s official photographer, Jeff McCurry, who took thousands of pictures of Harambe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI considered Harambe a true friend,\u201d McCurry said. \u201cMy many hours spent with him were always special and intimate. While I will never stop taking photos as long as I<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An enormous statue of Harambe appeared in front of Wall Street\u2019s famous Charging Bull statue on Monday.The seven-foot-tall bronze monument commemorating the deceased gorilla \u2014 who was shot dead by Cincinnati Zoo workers on May 28, 2016, after a three-year-old child fell into his exhibit \u2014 was reportedly erected by a social media company.\u00a0Someone has placed a massive gorilla and a lot of bananas in front of the Wall Street bull. We live in wild times. pic.twitter.com\/b7B4h1kUFV\u2014 Pomp \ud83c\udf2a (@APompliano) October 18, 2021NBC explains:The giant gorilla was placed in Bowling Green Park, directly across from the famous Charging Bull statue, which was surrounded by 10,000 bananas (that will later be donated to local food banks and community fridges) to make a point about wealth disparity.The organizers, founders of Sapien.Network, an in-development social networking platform \u201cdedicated to putting the needs and welfare of human beings first\u201d said they put up the display to show that Wall Street has become \u201cbananas\u201d \u2014 wholly out of touch with the needs of everyday people.\u201cIt\u2019s not about rejecting capitalism or the current system. It\u2019s about revolving them into the current future and letting them empower more groups of people,\u201d Sapien.Network co-founder Robert Giometti told NBC. \u201cThat\u2019s the whole point of this story.\u201d7-ft. Harambe statue erected in front of Wall Street&#8217;s charging bull.The in-development social media platform behind the statue says it &#8220;represents the millions of everyday people who struggle under a system that enriches wealthy elites and leaves the average person behind.&#8221; pic.twitter.com\/3VJBmaxDyK\u2014 Evan McMurry (@evanmcmurry) October 18, 2021PHOTOS: Statue of #Harambe the gorilla faces off with Wall Street&#8217;s Charging Bull https:\/\/t.co\/jl7wa0ACF2 pic.twitter.com\/uXOIiC4e3Y\u2014 WCBS Newsradio 880 (@wcbs880) October 18, 2021\u201cHarambe is a representation of something that lets us look at more than just ourselves. What are we aspiring to as people?\u201d he continued. \u201cIt\u2019s about connecting. A simple gesture of giving a banana builds community. As a society, we need to come together. We can\u2019t keep fighting to come together.\u201d\u00a0Since his controversial death, Harambe has become a cultural icon in the United States. Earlier this year, a photo of the primate was placed on auction as a non-fungible token (NFT).The photo was snapped by Harambe\u2019s official photographer, Jeff McCurry, who took thousands of pictures of Harambe.\u201cI considered Harambe a true friend,\u201d McCurry said. \u201cMy many hours spent with him were always special and intimate. While I will never stop taking photos as long as I live, I know I\u2019ll never find a better subject that means as much to me as Harambe.\u201dAfter Harambe\u2019s unfortunate demise in 2016, Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson was among the many public figures who paid homage: \u201cI\u2019m sure it was a difficult decision for everyone involved. I mean Why did they have to kill the gorilla? But then, really, who\u2019s to say?\u201dOver the tumult of the past several months, it has become easy for Americans to become disillusioned with our political leaders. But the statue is a welcome reminder that our true leader \u2014 Harambe \u2014 will never be forgotten.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-895287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/895287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=895287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/895287\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=895287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=895287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=895287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}