--- title: Monkey Steals Phone from Woman: Video description: Monkey steals phone from a woman. canonical: https://time.com/4309563/monkey-phone-smartphone-hand-china/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-04-27T16:48:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:31:54.395Z og:title: Watch a Monkey Snatch a Cell Phone Out of a Woman's Hand og:description: Monkey steals phone from a woman. og:url: https://time.com/4309563/monkey-phone-smartphone-hand-china/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch a Monkey Snatch a Cell Phone Out of a Woman's Hand twitter:description: Monkey steals phone from a woman. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch a Monkey Snatch a Cell Phone Out of a Woman's Hand  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Apr 27, 2016 4:48 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Apr 27, 2016 4:48 PM UTC A monkey stole a woman’s smartphone in a [video](http://www.newsflare.com/video/69182/weather-nature/quick-monkey-steals-tourists-phone) that is just _bananas._ While visiting Mount Emei in China’s Sichuan Province, a woman was holding out food for a monkey in her left hand and taking a photo with her right hand, when the animal climbed down from a tree and helped itself to both the food and the phone. It is unclear whether she got it back. The monkey’s bold move should particularly resonate with anyone who interacts with people who are glued to their smartphones on a regular basis. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4309563/monkey-phone-smartphone-hand-china/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4309563/monkey-phone-smartphone-hand-china/"},"headline":"Watch a Monkey Snatch a Cell Phone Out of a Woman's Hand","datePublished":"2016-04-27T16:48:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:31:54.395Z","description":"Talk about monkey business","url":"https://time.com/4309563/monkey-phone-smartphone-hand-china/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4309563/monkey-phone-smartphone-hand-china/","name":"Watch a Monkey Snatch a Cell Phone Out of a Woman's Hand"}}]}] ```