Camera-shy baboon slaps camera out of man's hand

15:12 - 25 March 2016

A camera-shy baboon at a Georgia zoo who hates having his picture taken, lured a man filming close to his cage and slaps the camera out of his hand.

In a viral video the paparazzi-hating baboon repeatedly walk away from the camera before jumping against the bars of his cage in front of the person filming.

Filmed at the Wild Animal Safari park in Pine Mountain, the baboon initially put his red backside in front of the camera man in an offensive way before trying the gentler approach of waving to the man.

When the man filming steps in closer,the baboon to slap the camera out of his hand.

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