Seriously with technology, they have the ability to make a bug weapon, or device etc. If I was president I would want them taking it seriously, inspecting it to ensure its a normal biological insect. I'd have my people carrying spectrometers, magnets, bug scanners etc. I find it odd no one ever assists him or even flinches when he stumbles, they just watch, like they do not care about him one bit. It's really really strange.

The monkey survived a ship sinking, made it to shore then was killed by the inhabitants, as they never saw a monkey before and thought it was a disguised enemy combatant. I guess they wish to do the same thing again, proving history gets repeated by those who do not know it.