A baboon preyed upon some vulnerable travellers in the most hilarious way when it opened their car door, climbed onto their back seat and stole their pizza.

The incident took place on the M4 near Cape Point in the Western Cape, South Africa and was captured by John White.

Writing alongside the original upload of the video, John explained that he had stopped in his car to watch the baboons in the road.

The baboon had tried the video maker's car door first before approaching the car in front

He heard the sound of someone trying to open his car door, but was unable to see anyone attempting to get inside.

Luckily for John, his doors were locked.

It was at this moment however that he spotted a baboon making its way towards the car in front.

The baboon can be seen opening the car door, jumping onto the back seat and stealing a pizza

The monkey sits and eats the pizza within full view of the family it has just stolen the food from

Grabbing his camera, John started filming as the monkey opened the car door and stole a pizza, which it took great pleasure in eating within full view of the travellers.

John explained that at this point that a ‘baboon monitor’ – a man employed to try and prevent the monkeys terrorising tourists – arrived to help.

Baboons in the area have become habituated to human food and as a result often try car doors to see if they open.

They also have the ability to differentiate between locked and unlocked cars based on the sound of their central locking.