Monkey steals camera, takes self-portraits for his MySpace page

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Monkey steals camera, takes self-portraits for his MySpace page

A group of macaques in Indonesia became enamored with a tourist’s camera, fascinated by their own reflection in the lens and the sound of the shutter clicking that they ended up taking a number of self-portraits like the one above. Because a macaque’s gotta look good for the ladies on MySpace.

David, 46, said: “One of them must have accidentally knocked the camera and set it off because the sound caused a bit of a frenzy. “At first there was a lot of grimacing with their teeth showing because it was probably the first time they had ever seen a reflection. “They were quite mischievous jumping all over my equipment, and it looked like they were already posing for the camera when one hit the button.

“The sound got his attention and he kept pressing it. At first it scared the rest of them away but they soon came back - it was amazing to watch. “He must have taken hundreds of pictures by the time I got my camera back, but not very many were in focus. He obviously hadn’t worked that out yet. “I wish I could have stayed longer as he probably would have taken a full family album.”

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