text: A cheeky monkey was captured on camera snatching a banana from a female tourist before slapping her GoPro when she got too close. Filmed in the Thai town of Kanchanaburi, the monkey approaches the woman, who holds a banana, with its outstretched hands. Grabbing it in both hands, the monkey takes a small bite before pulling it from its skin, which he leaves with the lady. Removing her hand from the shot, the lady can be heard laughing as the greedy monkey begins tucking into the banana while its friends sit around and watch. Moving in for a closer look, the woman leans forward and the monkey copies her by lunging forward itself. Getting right up into the camera’s lens the monkey  appears to sniff it while diverting its eyes, as if hoping that it is food. The cheeky money snatches the banana from the woman's hand and begins scoffing it down . Realising that it is out of luck, it returns to its original position and continues tucking into the banana. The lady once again begins moving closer to the monkey, but the primate is less keen to play this time. Cradling its food under its arm as if protecting it from the oncoming threat, the monkey raises its left hand and gives the camera a slap. Up close and personal! The curious monkey gets right up to the camera lens and gives it a sniff . Startled by the monkey’s reaction, its friend who sits next to it looks genuinely shocked and rather hilariously raises its eyebrows in surprise. The video concludes with the monkey, satisfied that the threat has gone, eating the remainder of the banana. The footage was captured by Maja and Diano, a pair who describe themselves on their YouTube channel as a ‘young married couple with an impulse to explore, film and edit great travel moments.’ Slap! The lady gets too close to the monkey and it reacts by giving her camera a smack .
target: The woman holds out a banana, which the monkey quickly snatches .
  Monkey then approaches the camera and sniffs it to see if it is food .
  Woman gets too close to protective monkey and it slaps her GoPro .
  The footage was captured by a couple in Thai town of Kanchanaburi .