[Retroman]

I suppose it's all down to the animal, and how we often see monkeys usually...

If he was torn to shreds by a pack of lions, would we laugh?
Only if you genuinely laugh at the tragic death of other people.

Whereas with monkeys, from films/cartoons etc we often associate them with being friendly or slightly mischeivous. We see trained monkeys such as the one Ross owned in Friends, or dancing monkeys from the Jungle Book etc. So it almost seems ridiculous that someone let themselves be killed by such creatures.

Yet the fact of the matter is, obviously that pack of monkeys is just as lethal, vicious and dangerous as any other lethal animal...
And im sure if you were being attacked by wild monkeys, you certainly wouldn't be laughing. Im sure everyone would like to think they'd beat the monkeys off and run without any problems, but im sure that man would have liked to have thought the same.