Monkeys trained to pick coconuts

(14 Sep 2010) SHOTLIST Surat Thani Province, Thailand - 25 July, 2010 1. Wide of coconut farms 2. Mid coconuts hanging off tree 3. Mid of a huge pile of coconuts, under a tree 4. Mid of a male worker peeling coconut shells from a pile of coconuts 5. Mid of a pile of coconuts, trees in the background 6. Mid of monkey trainer, Somjai Saekow, walking into the training school 7. Wide of Somjai walking into the monkey training area 8. Mid of a monkey hanging off a tree 9. Mid of Somjai teaching the monkey during the first lesson how to use its hands to spin coconut stems 10. Mid of Somjai teaching the monkey on the second lesson, how to climb up her arm and spin the coconut until it drops off 11. Mid of Somjai training the monkey to spin the coconut using its hands and feet 12. Mid of Somjai training the monkey to spin the coconut using its hands 13. Close up of Somjai's hands training monkey's hands to spin the coconut 14. Close up of monkey on a chain, climbing onto Somjai's chest where she pats it 15. SOUNDBITE: (Thai) Somjai Saekao, Monkey trainer: "The most important preparation is to make sure the monkey is in the right state of mind. We need to help them to get used to the new environment, have them trust and have faith in the trainer who will be instructing them." 16. Mid of a monkey sitting on a wooden post in a tree 17. Wide of Somjai training a monkey how to pull coconuts off a fake tree 18. Mid of a monkey climbing down tree, walking toward Somjai, where she pats it 19. Mid of Somjai learning how to tie a rope to a coconut tree branch 20. Mid of a monkey untying the rope from a tree branch 21. SOUNDBITE: (Thai) Somjai Saekao, Monkey trainer: "It is really not that difficult to train a monkey. The key is to be patient. Human beings and monkeys are very different. We can't explain things to them using words but we can be patient and gradually train them to do certain things. If we repeat the process enough times, we will succeed". 22. Wide of coconut farm 23. Mid of monkey called "Act" sitting on the grass 24. Pan left from "Act" climbing the tree to Saikon looking up at the monkey 25. Mid of "Act" climbing up the coconut tree 26. Wide of coconut trees, as "Act" jumps from one tree to another 27. Mid "Act" jumping from a tree branch to a stem with two coconuts hanging off, twisting coconuts from the tree 28. Wide of coconut falling on to the grass as Niphon observes 29. SOUNDBITE: (Thai) Niphon Saikon, Monkey owner: "I have always liked working with monkeys, since I finished school and started working. How would I describe this? It is like we understand each other, as if I am able to communicate with them. Of course, monkeys can't talk, but they have skills which enable us to work together". 30. Mid of the monkey climbing up a tree 31. Wide of the monkey at the top of a coconut tree 32. Mid of the monkey spinning a coconut around until the coconut falls from the tree 33. Mid of the monkey climbing down from the treetop 34. SOUNDBITE: (Thai) Niphon Saikon, Monkey owner: "Of-course, they are great. Obviously, they can help us by climbing such tall trees. They work for us but we also have to take great care of them, like providing them with plenty of healthy food". 35. Pan from a pile of coconuts to two boys collecting coconuts 36. Mid of Niphon grooming the monkey 37. Mid of a boy closing the back of a pick up truck filled with coconuts 39. Mid of the monkey and its owner walking toward the pick-up truck, the monkey climbs up on to the truck LEAD IN STORYLINE But coconut palm trees can grow up to 80 metres high. keyword animals wacky Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives ​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/bdf3ec0662c5fa62c2cf1342e7c75d40