Macaques show why they are the happiest creatures in the animal kingdom with a series of grinning selfies
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Some animals are famously camera shy but these black crested macaques love the attention almost as much as Kim Kardashian.
British photographer Anup Shah took these hilarious pictures during a trip to Tangkoko National Park on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.
He said: ‘These pictures were taken over a period of four weeks and at no time did the monkeys tire of interacting.’
Mr Shah, who lives in Wiltshire, said: ‘The monkeys were very curious and would come within touching distance. I felt a connection with the monkeys as we share curiosity.’
Black crested macaques are well-known for their love of the limelight and in 2014 one of them triggered a legal battle when he took a selfie on nature photographer David Slater’s camera. Mr Slater sued a website for copyright when it cheekily claimed the macaque owned the copyright because he had operated the camera.