This is the bizarre moment two coconut-picking monkeys started fighting while they were waiting at a set of traffic lights.<br /><br />The primates - used to collect the fruits - were chained to the side of the vehicles in Chumphon province, southern Thailand, on Friday (September 11).<br /><br />There was a full harvest of fresh coconuts in the back of the pick-trucks that the monkeys had helped to collect after long hours of work. <br /><br />The pair were returning home when they began squabbling. One of the animals then launch a flying-kick out at the other as they faced off at the junction.<br /><br />A passenger who was sitting in the traffic behind the two monkeys recorded the unusual incident. <br /><br />It gives an insight into the condition that monkeys face while they are working in the controversial coconut harvesting industry, which was exposed by animal rights group PETA earlier this year.<br /><br />The group found farms in Thailand training monkeys to pick coconuts from trees, sometimes being forced to carry items larger than their own bodyweight.<br /><br />It lead to several supermarket taking banning the products. <br />Waitrose also vowed not to sell products made with animal labour after after the investigation showed that popular brands were exploiting primates.<br /><br />Other companies including Boots, the Co-op and Ocado have also pledged not to sell products that use monkey labour, while Morrisons has removed the Thai products from its shelves.
