Go ape! Ingenious monkeys use power line as a zip wire to whizz between buildings in India
- Two brave monkeys used an electricity line as a zip wire in Udaipur, India
- Line allowed them to easily travel between buildings in footage from March 9
- Showed off their impressive balancing skills and one even slid down backwards This is the moment a group of clever monkeys used an electricity line as a zip wire - with one brave primate even sliding down backwards.
Two monkeys were filmed taking a ride on the wire running between buildings in Udaipur, India, on Tuesday.
In the hilarious clip they show off their impressive balancing skills as they ride down from the roof of a multi-storey building, even turning around while sliding. This is the moment a group of clever monkeys used an electricity line as a zip wire - with one brave primate even sliding down backwards.
Two monkeys were filmed taking a ride on the wire running between buildings in Udaipur, India, on Tuesday.
In the hilarious clip they show off their impressive balancing skills as they ride down from the roof of a multi-storey building, even turning around while sliding.
The monkeys decided the best way to get across buildings was to turn electricity lines into zip wires in Udaipur, India
The group of primates can be seen sitting on the roof of a tall building contemplating how to make it across to the other side.The first monkey can then be seen leaping on the line, gripping on tight and sliding down the wire, as though at an adventure playground. His tail appears to wag in enjoyment as he begins to gain momentum, sliding on his stomach.
It briefly looks as if he will fall off but he quickly regains his composure before landing on a palm tree overhanging the metal roof of a lower building.
The cheeky primates were filmed on Tuesday making their way across the makeshift zip wire, with one brave monkey even opting to slide backwards
Clearly keen to outdo his friend, one of the other primates then jumps off the building onto the cable and also zips down the wire, but this time he does it backwards.
The daring monkey even glances towards the camera at one point and stops in the middle of the wire to stand up.
Climbing on power lines can be dangerous for monkeys, however.
Heartbreaking footage from January last year showed a distressed monkey being treated by vets for horrific burns and loss of sight after he was electrocuted in Thailand.
Heartbreaking footage shows the distressed animal being treated by vets after it was engulfed by flames
The monkey had climbed along an overhead power line before interfering with a transformer box at the top of a post on January 3 in Ratchaburi province, causing an explosion which engulfed the creature in flames.
Vets from the country's Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation were filmed caring for the monkey.
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