A photo of a monkey seemingly "working" at a university has gone viral.

The Formosan macaque was snapped sitting at a cubicle at National Sun Yat-Sen University (NSYSU) in the city of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

It quickly spread over social media and the image of the animal went viral online.

University student and Facebook user Chang Morgan wrote in the original social media post: "We're currently on winter vacation, but look who came to work in NSYSU's Institute of Communications."

The university reportedly sits within the traditional habitat of the species, making them a common sight on campus.

They often appear on site to search for new social groups or mates, according to Lin Mei-yin, secretary-general of the Association for Coexistence with Macaca Cyclopis, an organisation aimed at helping humans and the creatures co-exist in the area.

The institution's senior vice president Huang I-yu said the university had previously installed protective window screens to deal with the intrusion by macaques. It also regularly reminds staff not to leave the doors open.

He said the school also purchased paintball guns and a pack of dogs to scare the monkeys away.

There have been multiple incidents of the animals sneaking into student rooms to steal food and rifle through their belongings, the vice president claims.

The original Facebook post received more than 7,000 likes and was shared more then 4,600 times.

Kaohsiung's Agriculture Bureau reminded members of the public to be cautious around the monkeys and to avoid feeding and bothering them along with any kind of contact.

The Formosan macaque is the only native species of primate currently living in Taiwan.

abumeinben:
Ladies and gentlemen, a new research has begun.

Human-Monkey collaboration.


We see these in movies, don't we?

StubbornGENIUS:
Hopefully the Taiwanese won't tah the monkey

ezenwajosh:
the world has move past Nigerian reasoning.

The problem you're discussing here was discussed by their forefathers in 1927....and they have solved it with extensive intelligence animal training

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isthatso:
we have had monkeys working in Nigeria for decades....just go to any govt office, you will see them there!

NiRfreak:
This monkey will perform better than Buhari if voted for in 2023

xtervaganza:
that animal still has more sense than all the herdsmen in Nigeria

humilitypays:
lol, I hope he doesn't send his salary to one black slay queen in Nigeria cos that monkey na Naija breed

theFilmtricsay

WallStreetfx:
That monkey is better than buhari

lathrowinger:

I will make sure, I get you arrested and deal with you

CalliDora1:
The day it's animal sense will direct it to tear some important documents in that office, they'll know that an animal can never fit in to the human cycle 100%.

padi94:


Bross you no read the full article o. They did not employ the monkey in that office, it comes in to find food and other edibles, they are even trying to keep them away from the institution.

The monkeys are infact Intruders in the facility, camera just catch that one sitting in the office like it's working there. The headline was just sensational and sacarstic, but if you read the article you will know what the real gist is about. The institution even bought paint guns to keep the monkeys away, but you know primates they will always come back.

Make we dey try read the article before commenting

padi94:
If na Naija, monkey pepper soup restaurant for don full that area. In fact monkey for don finish since 2005