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Monkey business: Primates get piggyback rides

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A monkey sits on a dog during a show at the Wild Animal Park, one of the main tourist attractions during the Chinese Lunar New Year holidays in Shanghai on February 24, 2014. Millions of Chinese are celebrating the Spring Festival, the most important holiday on the Chinese calendar, which this year marks the beginning of the Year of the Sheep. AFP PHOTO / JOHANNES EISELEJOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images
A monkey rides a dog during a show at the Wild Animal Park, one of the main tourist attractions during the Chinese Lunar New Year holidays in Shanghai. See what other critters and wheels monkeys command. Johannes Eisele / AFP / Getty

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A monkey rides a bike at the Wild Animal Park in Shanghai.
A monkey rides a bike at the Wild Animal Park in Shanghai. Johannes Eisele / AFP / Getty

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A monkey performs on a bike during a show at the Wild Animal Park, one of the main tourist attractions during the Chinese Lunar New Year holidays in Shanghai on February 24, 2014. Millions of Chinese are celebrating the Spring Festival, the most important holiday on the Chinese calendar, which this year marks the beginning of the Year of the Sheep. AFP PHOTO / JOHANNES EISELEJOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images
A monkey rides a bike at the Wild Animal Park in Shanghai. Johannes Eisele / AFP / Getty

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A monkey rides the family horse in Pekin, Illinois.
A monkey rides the family horse in Pekin, Ill. Barcroft Media

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***EXCLUSIVE, NO ONLINE USE UNTIL 11AM GMT ON JULY 19, 2011*** PEKIN, ILLINOIS - UNDATED: Connie Tibbs, 37, driving with her two monkeys Alley, 3 and Dexter, 1 in Pekin, Illinois. Monkey mum Connie Tibbs is so obsessed with her pet monkeys husband Steve can't get any nookie. The mum-of-three takes her five macaques everywhere she goes - even as she DRIVES their sports car with the animals clinging to her face. The cheeky critters help her refuel her car and go shopping. For fun the monkeys join in with Connie's real kids Victoria, 12, Tanner, 17, and Dalton13, swimming in their back garden swimming pool, bouncing on the trampoline and horse riding with Victoria. One monkey is so used to it she can ride one of the family's horses on her own. Treating her monkeys just like they are real children, Connie, 37, gives them a weekly bath in her Pekin, Illinois, farm's main bathroom, changes their nappies in the kitchen, and dresses them up in tiny outfits. Monkey's Alley, three, Jackson two, Audrey, two, Dexter, one, and Jaeda, one, have such a grip on their monkey mum she even takes one to bed with her every night - dressed in pyjamas. And fireman Steve says it's impossible to get intimate - because the monkeys get jealous and attack him if he tries to cuddle up to his wife. LAURENTIU GAROFEANU/ BARCROFT MEDIA Barcroft Media Unit 9, 14 Southgate Road London, N1 3LY US Office 2nd Floor 989 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York, 10018 www.barcroftmedia.com UK Office, London. T +44 845 370 2233 W www.barcroftmedia.com Australasian & Pacific Rim Office, Melbourne. E info@barcroftpacific.com T +613 9510 3188 or +613 9510 0688 W www.barcroftpacific.com Indian Office, Delhi. T +91 997 1133 889 W www.barcroftindia.com
Monkeys hitch a ride with their owner in Pekin, Ill. Barcroft Media

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East Rutherford, NJ - September 21: During the half time, three capuchin monkeys ride trained dogs around the filed. Sunday, September 21, 2014. (Photo by Anthony Causi)
A monkey rides a dog during a Giants halftime show in East Rutherford, N.J. Anthony J. Causi

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East Rutherford, NJ - September 21: During the half time, three capuchin monkeys ride trained dogs around the filed. Sunday, September 21, 2014. (Photo by Anthony Causi)
A monkey rides a dog during a New York Giants halftime show in East Rutherford, N.J. Anthony J. Causi

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Monkeys bike ride in a Nanjing, China, circus.
Monkeys bike ride in a Nanjing, China, circus. Barcroft Media

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A wild babboon rides a horse at Monkeyland and Birds of Eden, in the Western Cape, South Africa.
A wild babboon rides a horse at Monkeyland and Birds of Eden, in the Western Cape, South Africa. Barcroft Media

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A monkey rides a Fiat model in Jakarta, Indonesia.
A monkey rides a Fiat model in Jakarta, Indonesia. AP

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A baby monkey rides a boar in a Kyoto, Japan, zoo.
A baby monkey rides a boar in a Kyoto, Japan, zoo. Kazuhiro Nogi / AFP / Getty

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Capuchin monkeys ride dogs in Homestead, Fla.
Capuchin monkeys ride dogs in Homestead, Fla. Barcroft

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A red-bellied tamarin monkey rides an iguana in a Rhenen, the Netherlands, zoo.
A red-bellied tamarin monkey rides an iguana in a Rhenen, the Netherlands, zoo. Reuters

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A monkey rides a dog at a Birmingham, Alabama, fair.
A monkey rides a dog at a Birmingham, Alabama, fair. Splash

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monkeys trained as jockeys ride dogs saved from shelters in fairs around the country. known as the banana monkey derby, thousands turn out to see the humourous spectacle. Ref: SPL289168 010811 Picture by: Splash News Splash News and Pictures Los Angeles: 310-821-2666 New York: 212-619-2666 London: 870-934-2666 photodesk@splashnews.com
Monkey jockeys ride dogs in the Banana Derby. Splash

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monkeys trained as jockeys ride dogs saved from shelters in fairs around the country. known as the banana monkey derby, thousands turn out to see the humourous spectacle. Ref: SPL289168 010811 Picture by: Splash News Splash News and Pictures Los Angeles: 310-821-2666 New York: 212-619-2666 London: 870-934-2666 photodesk@splashnews.com
Monkey jockeys ride dogs in the Banana Derby. Splash

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