--- description: Monkey steals phone from a woman. title: Watch a Monkey Snatch a Cell Phone Out of a Woman's Hand image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch a Monkey Snatch a Cell Phone Out of a Woman's Hand  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Apr 27, 2016 4:48 PM CUT  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Apr 27, 2016 4:48 PM CUT A monkey stole a woman’s smartphone in a [video](http://www.newsflare.com/video/69182/weather-nature/quick-monkey-steals-tourists-phone "undefined") 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"}}]}] ```