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A Malaysian man has said he discovered videos and selfies apparently taken by a monkey after recovering his lost phone.
Images shared on social media show a monkey looking at the camera before trying to put it in its mouth, as well as photographs that appear to have been taken by the primate.
Zackrydz Rodzi told Reuters he found the images and video on his phone’s camera roll on Sunday, the day after he disappeared.
“I found my phone after my dad told me there was a monkey roaming the house and I thought maybe the monkey was a thief,” he said.
After retrieving his phone in his backyard, he discovered the images that made him “choke a little and laugh,” he said.
It’s not the first time that monkey selfies have made headlines.
In 2017, a two-year court battle over who owns the copyright to a “monkey selfie” that went viral was resolved in favor of a British nature photographer.
A black macaque was photographed in Indonesia while looking through the lens of a David Slater camera in 2011.
PETA said the selfies were taken by a six-year-old boy named Naruto on the island of Sulawesi, although even the identity of the monkey was the subject of legal dispute.
Slater insisted that he was the owner of the rights since he set up the tripod and wandered off for a few minutes, only to find that the monkey had grabbed his camera and shot.
Following the deal, PETA blogged: “As part of the deal, Slater agreed to donate 25% of future revenue derived from the use or sale of monkey selfies to charities that protect the habitat of Naruto and other macaques with crest in Indonesia.. “
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