VIRAL: Vrindavan monkey trades Samsung S25 Ultra phone for mango juice in viral video

This monkey in the holy city of Vrindavan, in India, snatched an expensive phone and gave it back only after the people below gave the monkey a pack of juice. The funny video footage has gone viral.
A viral video shows a monkey in Vrindavan steals a man’s mobile phone and then returns after getting a juice pack. Photo Courtesy: Screnngrab from viral video

A video is currently trending on social media where a monkey is winning hearts by its negotiation abilities; it forced a man to give a small pack of mango juice in exchange for his snatched Samsung S25 Ultra phone.

The incident was caught on camera in Uttar Pradesh’s holy city of Vrindavan. The hilarious footage has been trending on social media.

In the viral video shared by Instagram user  Karthik Rathoud, the monkey could be seen perched on a balcony with a mobile phone in its hand.

Below the balcony, people could be seen negotiating a deal with it, and samjhauta (an accord) was finally reached when a mango juice pack was thrown to the monkey.

Satisfied by the juice, the monkey soon threw back the expensive phone, and the probable owner of it could be seen putting it in his pocket with relief.

“Samsung S25 Ultra le gaya Vrindavan ka bandar (Vrindavan’s monkey takes away Samsung S 25 Ultra),” reads the caption.

Social media users react

Several social media users reacted to the video and shared their mostly hilarious reactions in the comment section.

One user said: “1 lakh phone. Rs. 10 Frooti.”

Another wrote: “He knows the barter system.”

One social media user said: “Imandar chor tha (He was a honest thief).”