Orang-utan and cheeky monkey in boxing match over a banana

A boxing orangutan puts his fists up and tries to punch an annoying monkey who keeps trying to steal his banana.

These funny photographs show the youngster wrestling with the cheeky long-tailed macaque as they dine on a feeding platform.

The young ape first throws an uppercut but then retreats into its mother’s arms when the monkey screams in its face.

Photographer Ryan Deboodt, 30, said: “I love the playfulness of the child orangutan and the interaction between the two different species - they look like they are boxing or having a play fight.”

He captured the images at the Gunung Leuser National Park in Sumatra, Indonesia.
Many of the orangutans in the area are semi-wild, having once been kept as pets.
Rangers often put food out on feeding platforms to supplement their natural diets and ensure they can survive in the wild.
Mr Deboodt was taking photographs at one of the feeding station when the playful fight began.