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A genius monkey has been filmed picking up a rock and shattering his zoo enclosure window.

The footage – taken on August 20 at the Zhengzhou Zoo in China's Henan Province – shows the Colombian white-faced capuchin lifting up the sizeable rock above its head.

With the pointy end facing the window, it then smashes it against the surface.

But the creature doesn't appear to use enough force so has another go.

And this time, the window shatters into pieces as the monkey darts from the scene.

(Image: ASIA WIRE)

Visitors watching the scenes unfold gasp in shock as the glass boundary cracks and the monkey itself also runs in the opposite direction.

“The monkey was sharpening the stone, then it started hitting it on the glass,” Mr Wang, an onlooker, recalled.

“The monkey scared itself away, but it came back to take another look and even touched it.”

Zhengzhou Zoo staff member Tian Shuliao told local media: “This monkey is unlike other monkeys.

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“This one knows how to use tools to break walnuts.



“When we feed walnuts to other monkeys, they only know to bite it.

“But it had never hit the glass before though. This is the first time. It’s toughened glass, so it would never have got out.

“After it happened, we picked up all the rocks and took away all its ‘weapons’.”

Tian said the glass would be replaced and that they would increase patrols to ensure no animals attempt to escape.