A gang of snub-nosed monkeys on China’s Qin Mountains were much more interested in putting on a show for – and on – the cameras than pinching food. /CCTV Photo

A group of photographers went to Qin Mountains in Shaanxi Province to capture the scenery, but their tripods soon became an attraction to the monkeys. /CCTV Photo

Several monkeys shinned up the tripod poles and fiddled with the cameras. /CCTV Photo

The photographers reportedly did not try to scare the animals away in case they knocked over the devices, but netizens responded that the snub-nosed monkeys, a species of state-level protective animals, Class II, were more precious than anything manmade. /CCTV Photo