May 27, 2026 at 12:45 pm

A Woman Lost Her Camera to a Monkey, and the Photos Were Hilarious

by Matthew Gilligan

woman with a monkey

TikTok/@bryalexa

If you’ve ever had the chance to pet or hold a monkey, you already know that it’s quite an experience…

But things can sometimes go sideways with those little guy!

A woman showed folks on TikTok how her day with a monkey went…

And it’s one that she won’t soon forget.

woman with a monkey

TikTok/@bryalexa

The video shows the woman holding a monkey.

Everything was fine, until…

The monkey grabbed her phone!

woman with a monkey

TikTok/@bryalexa

And he filmed some video of his face!

The video’s text overlay reads, “That time I went to hold monkeys and he stole my phone and took a selfie.”

She wrote in the caption, “It was this morning. I’ll never stop talking about this.”

woman with a monkey

TikTok/@bryalexa

Check out the video.

@bryalexa

It was this morning. I’ll never stop talking about this😭 #texas #safari #monkey #selfie

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And this TikTokker spoke up.

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This monkey is a little rascal!