Monkeys are way too OP

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In all seriousness, drag them to the freezer with pull.  (Ctrl-click or right click on the monkey and select pull, or click the pull button and select the monkey from the drop down list)  Then you grab them, move your cursor to the meat spike while pressing C to aggressively grab them, and click on the meat spike.  You should be able to do this before they take any actions beyond the initial scream.  If you're having trouble still click on the spike multiple times, click delay might apply.