World Premiere of “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides”. Disneyland, Anaheim, CA., May 7, 2011^ Jack the Monkey. (Photo by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin LLC)





A monkey drinks softdrink during an annual monkey buffet festival at an ancient temple in Lopburi province in northen Thailand, 27 November 2005. (Photo by Saeed Khan/AFP Photo)





A monkey wearing a red winter coat enjoys ice skating at a shopping district in Seoul, 24 January 2006. (Photo by Jung Yeon-Je/AFP Photo)





Tarzan's sidekick, Cheeta the Chimp was a Hollywood legend. At 76-years-old he has outlived contemporaries, battled addiction and even made it into the record books. (Photo by Alex Turner/Splash News)





This young baboon was fascinated when it found a discarded lump of chewing gum, in the Kruger National Park, South Africa. Photographer Mark Chertkow, who was driving, stopped and quickly snapped the ape as it pulled on the gum, appearing to taste it. (Photo by Mark Chertkow/Solent News/Splash News)





Dog-riding Monkeys race at the Alabame state fair, Birmingham AL. (Photo by Splash News and Pictures)





Dog-riding Monkeys race at the Alabame state fair, Birmingham AL. (Photo by Splash News and Pictures)





Monkeys enjoy the buffet laid on by locals in Lopburi, Thailand. The annual Monkey Festival is a thanksgiving for the estimated two thousand wild Macaques that roam around the town. (Photo by Deano/Splash News)





Monkeys enjoy the buffet laid on by locals in Lopburi, Thailand. The annual Monkey Festival is a thanksgiving for the estimated two thousand wild Macaques that roam around the town. (Photo by Deano/Splash News)





These two adorable monkeys appeared to be enjoying a game of “peek-a-boo” during playtime in the forest. Just like human children, the pair seemed to entertain themselves while their mothers were grooming nearby. The cute duo are among 340 crab-eating macaques at Monkey Forest Park in Ubud Bali, Indonesia. (Photo by Anne Young/Solent News/Splash News)





This loved-up monkey has got a funny idea of romance - pinching his date's nose. The besotted Japanese Macaque curiously leant in to tease his mate as the couple monkeyed around on a wall. And she doesn't look too impressed, sticking her tongue out in reply. Photographer Monica Anantyowati, from Malang, East Java, Indonesia, saw the cheeky pair on a visit to their home at Surabaya Zoo Garden, East Java. (Photo by Monica Anantyowati/Solent News)





This baby monkey has it's tail pulled by it's mother while stretching to reach some berries on a bush. The curious youngster is only a few months old, but is already giving it's parents the run around. It was sitting with its mother on a pathway of the Sacred Monkey Forest Sanctuary in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia where there are a number of wild monkeys living in the forest and temples at this important hindu site. (Photo by Julia Wimmerlin/Solent News)





These young monkeys look a little sad as they sit close together in the water and one sticks out his tongue to catch the falling snowflakes. The wild Japanese macaques sit in the hot water, which is around 40 degrees, as a way to keep warm in the minus five degree Celsius weather in igokundani Monkey Park in Yamanouchi, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. During the winter, the macaques spend their days warming in the hot springs before returning to the surrounding forest at night. (Photo by Julia Wimmerlin/Solent News)





This picture taken on January 26, 2016 shows a monkey sitting on a bench during rehearsal at a monkey training school in a zoo in Dongying, eastern China's Shandong province. Shows featuring performing simians, popular in China and throughout Asia, are expecting a boost in the Lunar New Year of the monkey, which begins on February 8. But they are facing a growing backlash from Chinese people concerned about animal welfare. (Photo by Wang Zhao/AFP Photo)