Primates appear to be planning on launching self-portrait photobooks

With the new prequel to Planet of the Apes coming out next month – originally titled Rise of the Planet of the Apes – there might be something deeper at play in the curious brains of primates in the real world given their activities of late.

It's fair to say that the titles of both respective movies give away the end – the apes take over, humans become slaves.

So, following on from the award-winning photography self-portraits taken by a female Celebes crested macaque at a national park in North Sulawesi in Indonesia, a 27-year-old silverback gorilla at the Durell Wildlife Conservation Trust in Jersey has upped the game by taking shots of himself.

Ya Kwanza took a number of close-up shots with a specially encased digital camera before proudly returning it to Jon Stark, one of the charity's keepers.

Mr Stark said: "The animals here at the wildlife park regularly receive enrichment treats which encourage them to forage for food much as they would in the wild and help to keep them mentally stimulated.

"In an attempt to really get up close and personal we decided to install a HD Camera in Ya Kwanza's daily 'enrichment device!'"

It appears to be the case that if either publishes a photobook of their work it'll be largely of pictures of their respective selves.