Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent

Notifications can be managed in browser preferences.

Monkey steals GoPro camera and takes forest selfie

 

Heather Saul
Friday 28 February 2014 17:32 GMT
Comments

Your support helps us to tell the story

This election is still a dead heat, according to most polls. In a fight with such wafer-thin margins, we need reporters on the ground talking to the people Trump and Harris are courting. Your support allows us to keep sending journalists to the story.

The Independent is trusted by 27 million Americans from across the entire political spectrum every month. Unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock you out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. But quality journalism must still be paid for.

Help us keep bring these critical stories to light. Your support makes all the difference.

A tourist who had his expensive GoPro camera stolen by a monkey discovered the animal had taken a selfie on the device when it was returned.

The photographer was busy feeding other monkeys in the Uluwatu Temple on the island of Bali, Indonesia when his GoPro was snatched by the mischievous primate.

“I was going to feed the monkeys with fruits and had the brilliant idea to shoot it with my GoPro,’ he explained.

“Suddenly, many monkeys started to approach and in a matter of second my camera was robbed."

Luckily for the tourist a local woman managed to persuade the monkey to return the device.

“After a few minutes of panic, a sweet lady who works in the temple made a ‘deal’ with Mr Monkey and traded my camera for some fruits," the tourist said.

“I lost the battery but got this awesome and unexpected video.”

Join our commenting forum

Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies

Comments

Thank you for registering

Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in