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A Monkey Stole My Sugar!

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Posted by Bryan Pereira on April 2, 2014 at 11:09 AM
A Monkey Stole My Sugar!
Just for fun shot - A guest on safari left their sugar bowl out, this baboon was happy to grab it but was very civilized and used a spoon!

Nikon D700 370mm 1/500 f6.3
Amboseli photo safari
Posted by Max Waugh on April 2, 2014 at 12:14 PM
Too funny.

I've been the victim of monkey theft before too, but of course they went for a banana. :rolleyes:

Max
Posted by Lorna Taylor on April 2, 2014 at 10:46 PM
This is so funny !!
Posted by Stuart Williams on April 3, 2014 at 2:37 AM
good one. i was in the depths of the cameroonian rainforest a couple of months ago and a young mandrill was being "looked after" by the ministry of forestry and wildlife people in their office in a (nicely named) place called Abong Mbang. (What that means is the mandrill was confiscated from wildlife traffickers and he just hung around their offices ...). Having seen humans lifting cell phones to their ears ... and while we all had our backs turned to him, he stole the phone out of my bag ... we found him, some minutes later (once I realised somebody had been rummaging around my bag), finds chewing the phone while lifting it to his ear .... !
Posted by Bryan Pereira on April 3, 2014 at 9:34 AM
Thanks!
Posted by Paul DeCesare on April 3, 2014 at 11:29 AM
With a post title like that, how could I NOT read this! Great image, much-needed laugh. :toast: