Film shows why you should NEVER give a monkey the middle finger

Attack: Man learns the hard way why you should never stick a middle finger up at a monkey

    

Ever wondered what would happen if you showed a monkey the middle finger?

Surely, they wouldn't understand the sentiment behind the gesture, right? Wrong.

And this clip shows how one man had to learn that lesson the hard way.

In the footage, the pedestrian is walking past the monkey when he appears to stick up his middle finger.

But the creature isn't about to take that sort of insult lying down and jumps down from the fence onto the man's face.

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The man immediately falls to the floor from the impact of the creature's attack - the monkey realises his work is done and hops back onto the fence where he was originally sitting.

According to information alongside the footage, the incident occurred in Shimla, the capital city of Himachal Pradesh, located in Northern India.

Since it was uploaded to YouTube in April 23, the clip has gone viral with more than 288,800 views.

It is not clear whether the man was injured by the monkey's attack.