Brass monkeys: Little zoo friends huddle together on radiator to beat the Chinese chill


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Snuggling up close with their tails wrapped round them, these little monkeys are sensibly not straying too far from their radiator.

The squirrel monkeys, who luckily are a sociable bunch anyway, were desperately trying to keep warm in the freezing temperatures in their zoo in China.

The little guys are a popular attraction at Qingdao Zoo, in Shandong Province, in the north-east of the country just south of Beijing, where the mercury fell as low as -11C yesterday.

They must have felt a long way away from the native Central and South America.

Brrr... Six squirrel monkeys huddle together on a radiator at Qingdao Zoo, in north-eastern China

Brrr... Six squirrel monkeys huddle together on a radiator at Qingdao Zoo, in north-eastern China

Far from the madding crowd: Another chap finds himself a spot on a pipe feeding the radiator

Far from the madding crowd: Another chap finds himself a spot on a pipe feeding the radiator

In other enclosures, there are patas and grivet monkeys and all had to be at their acrobatic best to accommodate each other on the radiator.

The squirrel monkeys have tails longer than their bodies, which grow up to 35cm long, eats fruit and insects - but look like they could do with a piping mug of hot chocolate. 

All mine: A Patas Monkey doesn't want any company on his radiator

All mine: A Patas Monkey doesn't want any company on his radiator

Three's a crowd: Grivet Monkeys show their fine balance as they go about their different business without knocking each other off

Three's a crowd: Grivet Monkeys show their fine balance as they go about their different business without knocking each other off

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