Gone ape! Startled zoo monkey falls off ledge when it turns to see woman looking through the glass
This is the moment a shocked zoo monkey fell off a window ledge at the sight of a woman staring at it through the glass.
The funny footage was captured at a zoo in Changchun in the north-eastern Chinese province of Jilin on October 25.
It starts with the woman, named only as Ms Liu, tapping the glass to attract the attention of the monkey which is sitting with its back to the window.Ms Liu moves closer to the window and the monkey starts to turn towards her
Suddenly it sees her face, and falls off the ledge in shock.
Ms Liu bursts out laughing and puts her hands over her face.
The perplexed primate is shocked to see a woman has appeared behind it, causing it to tumble from its perching point in its enclosure in Changchun city, Jilin province, ChinaShare
Ms Liu said it was her first time seeing a monkey in the flesh, and that she had been excited to see the creature and capture the moment in person
Later on social media, Ms Liu joked that the monkey had reacted that way in response to seeing the young lady without any makeup on
Afterwards she explained that she had only seen monkeys on TV before and was excited to see one in the flesh.
Ms Liu posted the footage on the social network Douyin, which is what TikTok is called in China.
She accompanied the clip with the title: 'I still can't figure out why this monkey saw me this way, is it because I wasn't wearing makeup?!'
Footage of the shocked monkey followed hot-on-the-heels of a viral video - also on Douyin - of a gorilla spitting at zoogoers in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang on 16th October. 
A gorilla at Wenzhou Zoo spits through the open grate of its enclosure, dousing the unsuspecting zoogoers below in saliva and sending them running in disgust
The fed-up gorilla was filmed targeting visitors at Wenzhou Zoo in the city of Wenzhou.
The zoogoers were sent fleeing with horrified looks on their faces after being doused in ape spit.
Meanwhile, the cheeky gorilla dropped to the ground level and strutted in front of the main window to watch the aftermath.
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