The moment a cheeky monkey was captured having a leafy snack

By Aimee Braniff Cree

SWEET IMAGES show a baby macaque enjoying a snack in the forest before sticking its tongue out towards the photographer. 

Images show the pint-sized four-week-old rhesus macaque rubbing its sleepy eyes before sticking its tongue out at the food on offer then gobbling up a snack of leaves. 

The rhesus macaque, colloquially rhesus monkey, is a species of Old World monkey. 

There are between six and nine recognised subspecies that are split between two groups, the Chinese-derived and the Indian-derived.

These images were captured by wildlife photographer Trikansh Sharma (25) from Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India.

Trikansh used his Nikon D6 paired with Nikkor 400mm f/2.8 FL lens and captured the adorable baby in Corbett Tiger Reserve,India.

“It was a hot afternoon and we were relaxing inside our forest rest house, when I saw these Rhesus Macaques,” said Trikansh. 

“I decided to spend some time with them, so that they become comfortable with my presence and once they accepted my presence, I started photographing them.

“I was focusing on these baby Macaques from the beginning because they look very cute and they were super active doing a lot of their behavioural activities.

“I was enjoying myself with a smile on my face while photographing them.”

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