Tombstoning Monkeys (Pic: Andrew Forsyth/Solent)Tombstoning has become popular with daredevil thrillseekers - and the craze seems to have spread to our monkey cousins.
While people tend to jump off cliffs, bridges and piers into the water below, these wild macaques scrambled up a lamp post.
And even barbed wire wrapped around their improvised climbing frame could not stop them.
Some contented themselves with a low launch from the base, but others clambered all the way to the top of the 12ft post before leaping into the trough below as their friends watched.
The barbed wire does not stop the daredevil monkeys
A monkey leaps from the lamp post
It falls through the air watched by friends - as others prepare for their own jumps
The monkey heads for splashdown before pulling itself out of the plunge pool
A monkey launches itself from a lower part of the post. Others try out their diving styles
The monkeys seemed to enjoy their dip - and the spectacle
The water was just a foot deep but the monkeys landed safely and emerged damp but apparently happy.
The pictures were taken by British photographer Andrew Forsyth in Jaipur, India. The monkeys are free to roam the city and are seen as sacred animals.
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