Video: Mischievous Monkeys Steal Fruit, Booze in India

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October 3, 2006—When tasty fruits are left unattended for just a few minutes in southern India, it's a monkey's time to shine.

Watch a group of macaques run amok in a produce market, raid an empty kitchen, and ransack a bootlegger's cache of moonshine. Then you'll understand where the phrase "monkey around" comes from.

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